[TUHS] Version 256 of systemd boasts '42% less Unix philosophy' The Register

[Larry McVoy]

On Mon, Jun 17, 2024 at 03:21:47PM -0400, Stuff Received wrote:
> On 2024-06-16 21:25, Larry McVoy wrote (in part):
> [...]
> >*Every* time they used some bash-ism, it bit us in the ass.
> 
> This is so true for a lot of OS projects (on Github, for example).  Most --
> sometimes all -- the scripts that start with /bin/sh but are full of
> bashisms because the authors run systems where /bin/sh is really bash.

I think it is less of an issue these days, it's mostly Windows, MacOS,
Linux and bash is available there.

That said, anything I care about is v7 compat.  No need to get fancy,
if I need fancy, there is C.
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