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Re: ksh 11/16/88e now available in AT&T Toolchest

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From: Christian A Ratliff
Date: Sat, 13 Oct 1990 17:17
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feustel@netcom.UUCP (David Feustel) writes:

>As far as I can tell from examining the BASH documentation, BASH is a
>mutated C shell. I will always prefer KSH to any version of the C
>shell.
>-- 
>David Feustel, 1930 Curdes Ave, Fort Wayne, IN 46805, (219) 482-9631

  It could be that you read some very strange docs, as i would say that BASH
is a far cry from being a "mutated C shell". Its command syntax if the same as 
the Bourne shell. If anything at all is is a super-Bourne shell. 
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From: caleman@itsgw.rpi.edu (Christian A Ratliff)
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Subject: Re: ksh 11/16/88e now available in AT&T Toolchest
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Date: 13 Oct 90 17:17:00 GMT
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