Date: Thu, 11 Nov 2004 16:08:03 -0600 From: Dan Nelson <dnelson@allantgroup.com> To: Kevin Lyons <klyons@corserv.corserv.com> Cc: freebsd-hackers@freebsd.org Subject: Re: tcsh is not csh Message-ID: <20041111220803.GG4702@dan.emsphone.com> In-Reply-To: <200411112237.iABMb6YV001471@corserv.corserv.com> References: <200411112237.iABMb6YV001471@corserv.corserv.com>
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In the last episode (Nov 11), Kevin Lyons said: > I have (re)discovered that tcsh is not csh although the tcsh man page > falsely asserts backward compatibility. Trying to do a simple read > of multiword variables in tcsh fails yet works find on csh. The tcsh > man page admits as much when one gets to the $< part. > > The point is, csh should be the basic backward compatibly lowest > common denominator between systems. This is a real problem. I > humbly suggest that those that want the bang of tcsh can do a pkg_add > just like the morons that want bash instead of sh. You can install the shells/44bsd-csh port if you want the original csh. Read up on all the arguments for an against the switch in the thread starting at http://www.freebsd.org/cgi/mid.cgi?20000406134916.A23265@dragon.nuxi.com (sorry, best link I could find), but you're 4 years too late to affect the outcome... -- Dan Nelson dnelson@allantgroup.com
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