In message <199903161845.TAA19070@kurt.tools.de>Wolfgang Solfrank writes

>No, I don't want System V, I only want a decent shell.  And csh IMNSHO is
>a piece of crap.

Ha, well, perhaps more humility is called for, then. ;)

Seriously, though: could it be there's a European vs US dichotomy
here, due to SysV's dominance in the European market, versus BSD's
early and longlasting technical superiority in the rest of the world?