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On 12/10/2014 08:21 PM, Warren Young wrote:
> On Dec 10, 2014, at 6:20 PM, Ryan Dortmans <ryandort DOT cygwin AT gmail DOT com> wr=
ote:
>=20
>> The latest version of mksh no longer handles Windows line endings
>=20
> [snip]
>=20
>> <mksh491_fix1.patch><mksh491_fix2.patch>=E2=80=94
>=20
> mksh is currently up for adoption:
>=20
>   http://cygwin.1069669.n5.nabble.com/Packages-up-for-adoption-td111353.h=
tml
>=20
> I briefly considered adopting it, mainly for historical purposes.[1]  But=
, you seem to have a much stronger itch here.  You should adopt it.
>=20
> Actually, I think whoever adopts mksh should replace it with the real Kor=
n shell.  The whole pdksh -> mksh code path reflects the historical unavail=
ability of the true ksh source code, but that changed in 2000.[2]
>=20
>=20
> [1] It=E2=80=99s sometimes useful to be able to compare ksh88/93 behavior=
 to Bash and Zsh.

Actually, I think it is good to have BOTH mksh (BSD derivative) AND
ksh93 (Korn shell).  It is useful to compare all of the shells, not just
a subset of them.

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