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From: melling@cs.psu.edu (Michael D Mellinger)
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Subject: Re: Questions concerning BaSH
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Date: 9 Jan 91 21:37:26 GMT
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I found BASH 1.05 to be very unstable.  I wouldn't use it as my login
shell.  There are several major patches for it that you should be sure
to get if you decide to use it.  I might try it again when 1.06 is
released.  For now though, I recommend tcsh.

-Mike

BTW:  The BASH binary(like most GNU binaries) is quite large.