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From: peter@Starbase.NeoSoft.COM (Peter da Silva)
Newsgroups: comp.os.386bsd.misc,comp.os.linux.misc
Subject: Re: Linux vs *BSD (new twist)
Date: 6 Jun 1994 19:09:10 -0500
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References: <2smc4m$daj@Mercury.mcs.com> <WAYNE.94Jun3224657@backbone.uucp> <2spm91$1b2@Starbase.NeoSoft.COM> <1994Jun6.095836.5606@uk.ac.swan.pyr>
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In article <1994Jun6.095836.5606@uk.ac.swan.pyr>,
Alan Cox <iiitac@uk.ac.swan.pyr> wrote:
>The no-feature attitude is also the reason why half the shells Im forced to
>use on other machines don't have sensible command line editing.

You got a C compiler, don't you?

So why are you forced to use these inadequate shells?