[sf-lug] glorious dash :-)

[jim]

     posix compliance: the only reason that I know
of to justify posix compliance is to make a check
box item to qualify for (mainly government) contracts
for software products and projects.
     I'm sure there's more to it than just that.



On 08/09/2016 03:51 AM, Sujit K M wrote:
> On Tue, Aug 9, 2016 at 8:55 AM, Michael Paoli
> <Michael.Paoli at cal.berkeley.edu> wrote:
>> Yes, dash (Debian Almquist shell) is rather glorious. :-)
>>
>> As I seem to recall it earlier described as a "minimally compliant POSIX
>> shell".  Well, it may be a slight bit more/bigger than that, but not by
>> much, and generally lacks most all the bloat (and bugs!) of bash.
> Found out something interesting to give a gist on why dash is useful,
> efficiency(faster boots), POSIX
> compliance in Debian.
>
> https://wiki.ubuntu.com/DashAsBinSh
>
> Michael,
>
> I would suggest you change the BASH vs DASH to SH vs DASH.
>
> Also, Usability reasons https://www.wikivs.com/wiki/Bash_vs_dash.
>
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