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From: wcs@ho95e.UUCP (#Bill_Stewart)
Newsgroups: net.unix-wizards
Subject: Re: shell compiler?
Message-ID: <673@ho95e.UUCP>
Date: Wed, 7-May-86 21:38:45 EDT
Article-I.D.: ho95e.673
Posted: Wed May  7 21:38:45 1986
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Reply-To: wcs@ho95e.UUCP (Bill Stewart 1-201-949-0705 ihnp4!ho95c!wcs HO 2G202)
Organization: AT&T Bell Labs, Holmdel NJ
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In article <6637@utzoo.UUCP> henry@utzoo.UUCP (Henry Spencer) writes:
>Doug was referring to modern Bourne shells, e.g. the SVR2 one.  The 4.2BSD
>Bourne shell ought to be in a museum.  If you can get licensed for SVR2 at
>a reasonable price, it's worth it for the shell alone.
Alternatively, if you have a System V (probably System III?) license,
get the Korn Shell (ksh) from us.  It works on 4.*BSD, System V**, V8, etc.
and is the first shell I've seen that did history right.
	And the V8 addicts don't like it, which may also say something :-)
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# Bill Stewart, AT&T Bell Labs 2G-202, Holmdel NJ 1-201-949-0705 ihnp4!ho95c!wcs