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From: carroll@cs.uiuc.edu (Alan M. Carroll)
Newsgroups: comp.unix.shell
Subject: Re: csh, ksh, or sh?
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Date: 10 Dec 90 19:37:40 GMT
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In article <EOSHOUGH.90Dec10090912@dante.nmsu.edu>, eoshough@nmsu.edu (Azel The Destroyer) writes:
> 
> >In article <3333@ns-mx.uiowa.edu> wolf@piquet.cipl.uiowa.edu (Mike Wolf) writes:
> >>We are in the process of determining what shell to use.  If I can get
> >>the opinions, advice, and facts about problems with any of the
> >>following shells:  csh, ksh, sh.
> 
> In article <1990Dec10.013209.29955@cs.ucla.edu> gast@lanai.cs.ucla.edu 
> (David Gast) writes:
> 
> >The ksh is far and above the best shell of these three.

This is certainly my opinion. I've extensively customized my Korn
Shell environment, and developed small and medium sized applications
in Korn Shell. It is the best as a shell, and as a programming
language.

-- 
Alan M. Carroll                "It's psychosomatic. You need a lobotomy.
Epoch Development Team          I'll get a saw."
CS Grad / U of Ill @ Urbana    ...{ucbvax,pur-ee,convex}!cs.uiuc.edu!carroll