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From: peter@NeoSoft.com (Peter da Silva)
Subject: Re: Is fixing /bin/sh worthwhile?
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Date: Thu, 25 Feb 1993 12:26:44 GMT
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In article <1993Feb24.175756.7398@coe.montana.edu> nate@cs.montana.edu (Nate Williams) writes:
> As far as I'm concerned, I would *prefer* a working ash over a bash,
> zsh, pd-ksh, or anything simply because of size.

Seconded! The last thing we need is to bring in more MIT/FSF monsters when
we have perfectly good small versions.

I'd put a working ash on more than just BSD boxes.
-- 
Peter da Silva.  <peter@sugar.neosoft.com>.
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