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From: koren@hpfelg.HP.COM (Steve Koren)
Newsgroups: comp.sys.amiga.tech
Subject: Re: ksh-like shell for the Amiga available (beta)
Message-ID: <13920010@hpfelg.HP.COM>
Date: 11 Nov 89 17:59:10 GMT
References: <13920006@hpfelg.HP.COM>
Organization: HP Elec. Design Div. -FtCollins
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> Why didn't you start with the freeware "ash" shell, a clone of the extended
> bourne shell for UNIX? That way you could keep the syntax compatible.

> (I know, 20-20 hindsight)

Hmm.  The only other 'ash' I know about is the 'arp' one, and it is far
from being a clone of bourne shell.  In fact, my 'Ash' is much closer to
that.  Maybe you're talking about something else?

Anyhow, I didn't know about that when I wrote Ash.  Also, it would have
been *significantly* more effort to re-write theirs to support all the things
I wanted.  And then, if I did extend theirs, I'd probably have to change
it every time they came out with a new version, etc.  Its much easier for
me this way, and since I have little free time as it is, effort was an
important consideration.  There are some disadvantages as well; for example,
it will take a few releases before all the bugs are worked out of Ash.  But
in the long run, I think this is a better choice.  Its just my opinion, of
course, so there's nothing to stop someone else from extending the arp
'ash'.
 
   - steve (koren@hpfela.HP.COM)