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From: QQ11@LIVERPOOL.AC.UK (Alan Thew)
Newsgroups: comp.unix.shell
Subject: Re: public domain ksh sources - where ?
Message-ID: <91103.005514QQ11@LIVERPOOL.AC.UK>
Date: 12 Apr 91 23:55:14 GMT
References: <1991Apr9.004636.18785@a-k.boston.ma.us> <2797@sirius.ucs.adelaide.edu.au> <22341@yunexus.YorkU.CA>
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In article <22341@yunexus.YorkU.CA>, oz@yunexus.yorku.ca (Ozan Yigit) says:
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>Ksh is now being bundled with various systems, for example ULTRIX.
>I would not be surprised to see it in the next release of SunOS as well.
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>The public domain ksh (originally by Erik Gisin) is a subset of ksh,
>something like a minimalist version. By and large, it works.
The opinions I've heard say that the PD version is more like an
improved sh or a very small subset of ksh. OK if you want a shell
for nothing but not if you want something even close to the 'real
thing'