Why is csh `restricted'?

Warren Toomey wkt at henry.cs.adfa.edu.au
Tue Jan 5 16:13:39 AEST 1999


In article by Steven M. Schultz:
> 	Hmmm, didn't the V7 shell borrow from the V6 shell?  Perhaps not
> 	completely "based on" (as in starting from a copy and editing away).
> 	Steven

No, from what I heard Bourne nearly started from scratch. I did have
a copy of some old Usenet news from John Mashey about the v6 shell; I'll
try to dig it up.

	Warren

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