[net.sources.d] shells...

allbery@ncoast.UUCP (Brandon Allbery) (07/02/86)

Expires:

Quoted from <1015@ttrdc.UUCP> ["Re: converting sh scripts to C code"], by levy@ttrdc.UUCP...
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| In article <2801@teddy.UUCP>, jpn@teddy.UUCP (John P. Nelson) writes:
| >In article <6854@utzoo.UUCP> henry@utzoo.UUCP (Henry Spencer) writes:
| >>If you are not running the SVR2 sh or equivalent, you need to upgrade
| >>your shell.
| >No problem, I just plunk down $40000 dollars for a SVR2 source licence
| I cannot speak for /bin/sh but however ksh (superset of Bourne, many bells
| and whistles, almost as efficient as SysV Bourne) is available as source
| for approximately $2000 (non AT&T sites)
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But you still need a source license for $40000!  ksh is (supposed to be) based
on /bin/sh source!

--Brandon
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