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by yjftsjthsd-h 1703 days ago
So am I reading correctly that they wanted to use sh for a while, and it just finally got needed features? This message says "what" but not "why", and while as a user I prefer sh over csh:), I'm curious why the project switched.
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markstos 1703 days ago
A POSIX-compatible shell like `sh` is a given. `csh` is not POSIX-compatible. By dropping `csh`, the the base system could be smaller. Since the usability of `sh` has improved, it was considered worth switching.
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1500100900 1703 days ago
On top of that, most people expect syntax somewhat similar to Bourne shell and tcsh is far from such. Its for loop syntax is especially surprising.
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