[TUHS] The Unix shell: a 50-year view -- second pass feedback wanted

Harald Arnesen skogtun at gmail.com
Sat Jul 10 05:54:47 AEST 2021


Jon Steinhart [09/07/2021 20.04]:

>   o  The shell as defined above is being used in ways that are far more
>      complex than originally contemplated when Bourne created the original
>      syntax and semantics, much less the new features from kash adopted by
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>      the POSIX standards committee.  The combination of both the POSIX and
>      bash extensions to the Bourne shell exposes a new set of limitations
>      and issues such as performance.



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