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Date:      Mon, 17 Apr 2000 08:48:21 +0200
From:      Sheldon Hearn <sheldonh@uunet.co.za>
To:        Cy Schubert - ITSD Open Systems Group <Cy.Schubert@uumail.gov.bc.ca>
Cc:        freebsd-arch@freebsd.org
Subject:   Re: Shells 
Message-ID:  <11195.955954101@axl.ops.uunet.co.za>
In-Reply-To: Your message of "Sat, 15 Apr 2000 16:56:26 MST." <200004152356.e3FNup102274@cwsys.cwsent.com> 

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On Sat, 15 Apr 2000 16:56:26 MST, Cy Schubert - ITSD Open Systems Group wrote:

> With commit of tcsh, I'd like to raise another question.  Are there any 
> plans to replace sh with bash.  Granted they're not 100% compatible, 
> though my only experience with bash vs sh incompatibility was over 6 
> years ago on a Linux system, I still think it's a good idea to replace 
> sh with bash.

The winning argument for tcsh over csh was that tcsh is actively
maintained, while csh isn't.

Our sh has an active, responsive maintainer, so the peripheral arguments
bandied around for csh don't hold nearly as much water.

Let's not get carried away.

Ciao,
Sheldon.




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