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From: rbj@ICST-CMR.ARPA (Root Boy Jim)
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Subject: ksh incompatabilities with sh?
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Date: 13 Jun 88 15:43:08 GMT
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? From: "Lawrence V. Cipriani" <lvc@tut.cis.ohio-state.edu>

? In article <16094@brl-adm.ARPA> rbj@icst-cmr.arpa (Root Boy Jim) writes:
? >Do people *actually* still use ^ for pipes? This is the kind of thing
? >that should be eradicated from existence. 
? >	(Root Boy) Jim Cottrell	<rbj@icst-cmr.arpa>

My apologies for the redundant phrase `out of existence' :-)
 
? Many of our customers still use ^ for pipes, that's what they got used
? to.  They have been using various versions of UNIX for at least 12 years.
? Old habits die hard as the saying goes.

What I want to know is how they got used to it. Hasn't `|' *always* been
the symbol for a pipe? When was `^' introduced? A history lesson please!

As for braindamaged terminals, they should be thrown away, period.

? Larry Cipriani, AT&T Network Systems and Ohio State University
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	(Root Boy) Jim Cottrell	<rbj@icst-cmr.arpa>
	National Bureau of Standards
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