Date: Mon, 27 Jan 1997 18:56:00 +0100 From: Poul-Henning Kamp <phk@critter.dk.tfs.com> To: Garrett Wollman <wollman@lcs.mit.edu> Cc: VaX#n8 <vax@linkdead.paranoia.com>, tech-userlevel@netbsd.org, freebsd-current@freebsd.org Subject: Re: ash & POSIX 1003.2 q's Message-ID: <9784.854387760@critter.dk.tfs.com> In-Reply-To: Your message of "Mon, 27 Jan 1997 11:58:38 EST." <9701271658.AA27187@halloran-eldar.lcs.mit.edu>
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>Tom Duff once noted that the grammar given in the AT&T sh(1) man page >did not allow even such simple commands as `who | wc'. He then went >on to say, ``[There is] an even darker secret: nobody really knows >what the Bourne shell's grammar is.'' Even Bourne himself have admitted to this fact at some point. -- Poul-Henning Kamp | phk@FreeBSD.ORG FreeBSD Core-team. http://www.freebsd.org/~phk | phk@login.dknet.dk Private mailbox. whois: [PHK] | phk@tfs.com TRW Financial Systems, Inc. Power and ignorance is a disgusting cocktail.
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