Re: KISS'ed shell

Lennart Borgman wrote:
> Did you try win-bash (an old bash, version 1.14.2):
>  http://win-bash.sourceforge.net/

never head about it before. I just downloaded it and tested:

Step 1 : edition

no vi and emacs mode (in todo list), so no completion system too?
tcsh as emacs and vi mode, completion and bindkey.

Step 2 : programming

i think to myself that win-bash can be good as sh for makefiles. but

a=1

good ... it works ...

let a++

error :)

: $(( a++ ))

error again!

[ -n $a ] && echo good

says good ! wow !

[ -n $z ] && echo good

says good ! arghhh !

Step 3 : Conclusion

- tcsh is bad for programming but the program i've done works fine.
- win-bash cannot be used as interactive shell (as it is as poor as cmd 
for the moment)
- win-bash is too buggy to be used as sh in makefile.

so why use it? peraps i missed something!

I think the lake of open source sh is a real problem so if i had more 
time to spend for a windows shell , i would try to port dash (as 
minimalist sh replacement, it can be easier to port than bash). If i was 
really skilled, i would try to port zsh (wich is much powerfull than bash).

Regards,
mc

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