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Date:      Tue, 27 Jul 1999 12:52:32 +0100
From:      Dominic Mitchell <Dom.Mitchell@palmerharvey.co.uk>
To:        David Scheidt <dscheidt@enteract.com>
Cc:        Dag-Erling Smorgrav <des@flood.ping.uio.no>, Len Huppe <huppe@execpc.com>, Jeroen Ruigrok/Asmodai <asmodai@wxs.nl>, "Jordan K. Hubbard" <jkh@zippy.cdrom.com>, chat@FreeBSD.ORG
Subject:   Re: What to tell to Linux-centric people?!'
Message-ID:  <19990727125231.A66520@voodoo.pandhm.co.uk>
In-Reply-To: <Pine.NEB.3.96.990727041901.92260B-100000@shell-2.enteract.com>; from David Scheidt on Tue, Jul 27, 1999 at 04:26:13AM -0500
References:  <xzp7lnm5v3x.fsf@flood.ping.uio.no> <Pine.NEB.3.96.990727041901.92260B-100000@shell-2.enteract.com>

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On Tue, Jul 27, 1999 at 04:26:13AM -0500, David Scheidt wrote:
> I started to get addicted to zsh, and had to give it up.  I do most of my
> work on machines that have ksh and sh, and nothing else.  Let my tell you,
> ksh'88 makes bash look like sliced bread.

Ksh is fine, and a lot better than a lot of people realise.  The one
beef that I have with it, after coming from zsh/bash is that completion
is ESC ESC (or ESC \ in vi mode), instead of TAB.  Dammit, everything
should use TAB!!

For scripting, it's a nice modern shell available practically
everywhere.
-- 
Dom Mitchell -- Palmer & Harvey McLane -- Unix Systems Administrator

	In Mountain View did Larry Wall
	    Sedately launch a quiet plea:
	That DOS, the ancient system, shall
	    On boxes pleasureless to all
	Run Perl though lack they C.
-- 
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