From: davidsen@ariel.crd.GE.COM (william E Davidsen) Subject: Re: ksh for Linux & olwm for X (do they exist?) Date: 28 Jul 1992 14:41:04 GMT
In article <1992Jul28.043659.6215@news.columbia.edu>, jml12@cunixa.cc.columbia.edu (Jonathan M Lennox) writes:
| Bash ought to be a superset of ksh--is there something in ksh that's
| missing in bash? Or do you just feel that bash is too bloated?
No, bash is not a superset of ksh, although many features are similar.
Neither the user interface or the programming interface are identical or
a subset. I'm constantly trying to use ksh stuff on bash and finding out
that it isn't there or works a little differently.
That's not a criticism of bash, just a factualy note. Bash is a nice
enough shell, but it does things in its own way.
If I get the chance after the Olympics are over I may try to compile
real ksh on linux. As long as I do it on a work machine it's covered by
the site license, so I can legally do that, although I can't share the
binary.
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It never ceases to amaze me that otherwise rational people, able to
understand calculus, compound interest, and the income tax form, can
continue to believe that poker is a game of chance.