On 12/10/14 8:27 AM, konsolebox wrote:
>> Note that that's the Bourne shell, not a POSIX sh.
>
> I was actually wanting to say that heirloom-sh is still a modernized
> shell (in code) despite being a strict clone of the original sh.
It's not a `strict' clone'. It is a modified version of the SVR4 bourne
shell as it appeared in Solaris.
> And that is where I made the assumption about other shells. I
> don't really study POSIX and I don't really care about it because I
> don't see it as the general standard to base from when creating
> compatible scripts.
I'm curious about what you see as performing that function. Something
Linux-specific is disqualified as being not cross-platform.
> Moreover I still respect bourne shell.
That's fine, but note that the bourne shell has nothing to contribute
to this discussion.
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