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by bbanyc 3896 days ago
If you're a sufficiently advanced Unix purist (aka a Plan 9 user), the Bourne shell is a violation of Unix principles. Contrast the v6 shell, where this construct is impossible because there are no functions. Now that's do-one-thing-do-it-not-quite-terribly.

Does this work in Plan 9 rc?