Date: Sun, 15 Apr 2001 15:22:15 -0500 From: Mike Meyer <mwm@mired.org> To: "Ted Mittelstaedt" <tedm@toybox.placo.com> Cc: questions@freebsd.org, heyjoe@cts.com Subject: RE: shells Message-ID: <15066.759.837259.778764@guru.mired.org> In-Reply-To: <26997871@toto.iv>
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Ted Mittelstaedt <tedm@toybox.placo.com> types: > Most of the core FreeBSD developers prefer the C shell. There's > no real technical reason for their preference, they just like > it better. Is it really most? It wouldn't take much more than a small minority to create the situation we have today, where it's simply to political to change. CSRG changed the default to csh back when the choices were csh or sh (I don't count ash, which csh displaced); ksh wasn't even an option then. Since it's trivial to change the default on a system, there's no real reason to change the default for the default. Which is why it would take a near majority of the developers wanting to change it to make it happen. <mike > >-----Original Message----- > >From: owner-freebsd-questions@FreeBSD.ORG > >[mailto:owner-freebsd-questions@FreeBSD.ORG]On Behalf Of Joe Heuring > >Sent: Wednesday, April 14, 2010 5:44 PM > >To: freebsd-questions@FreeBSD.ORG > >Subject: shells > > > > > >Out of pure curiosity I'm wondering why FreeBSD uses the C-shell > >as default. > > > >I have a quick tendency to switch to bash but shortly I expect to > >be working in the field so I'm wondering how much one would be > >expected to know the C-shell. > > > >With out knowing I would expect the C-shell to have a smaller foot > >print than bash (because it's older) and that maybe certain > >devices would prefer one shell over the other. But I have no idea > >really. Can anyone shed any light on this as to how much the > >C-shell is still and will be used? Thanks. > > > >To Unsubscribe: send mail to majordomo@FreeBSD.org > >with "unsubscribe freebsd-questions" in the body of the message > > > > To Unsubscribe: send mail to majordomo@FreeBSD.org > with "unsubscribe freebsd-questions" in the body of the message > -- Mike Meyer <mwm@mired.org> http://www.mired.org/home/mwm/ Independent WWW/Perforce/FreeBSD/Unix consultant, email for more information. To Unsubscribe: send mail to majordomo@FreeBSD.org with "unsubscribe freebsd-questions" in the body of the message
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