Subject: csh vs. tcsh (Oh No! Shell Wars again...)
To: None <jonny@gaia.coppe.ufrj.br>
From: Gordon W. Ross <gwr@mc.com>
List: current-users
Date: 08/01/1995 13:11:13
Oh, No!  Let's not rekindle the Shell Wars again...
How many shells does an _operating_system_ need anyway?

> From: Joao Carlos Mendes Luis <jonny@gaia.coppe.ufrj.br>
> Date: Mon, 31 Jul 1995 16:22:51 -0300 (EST)

> > On Sun, 30 Jul 1995 19:09:06 +0200 (MET DST)  Blaz Zupan wrote:
> > > Looking at tcsh I see it is more advanced then the original
> > > NetBSD csh. I wonder why we don't replace csh with tcsh.
> > > Is it historical reasons? Copyright problems? Or are there
> > > any features in csh that are not present in tcsh?
> > 
> > One can always get tcsh and compile and install it themselves,
> > why bloat the source tree?
> 
> Let's change the question: Why not include tcsh in the default
> distribuition ?  Some may not like tcsh, but other may.  It's
> something like choosing between sh, bash, sh5 and ksh, I think. :)
> 
> 					Jonny