Date:	Fri, 29 Jun 2001 20:03:09 +0300
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> From: "Laurynas Biveinis" <lauras AT softhome DOT net>
> Date: Fri, 29 Jun 2001 17:42:33 +0200
> 
> > You forget the interactive user: users' expectations are also
> > important, because Bash is used as an interactive shell as well as a
> > batch shell.
> 
> Well, but I, interactive & batch user, am flooding this list just
> because of my expectations how bash should work. IMHO average user
> expects that configure scripts work with bash, doesn't he?

Yes, it's clear that in some cases the extensionless variant should
run first, while in other cases the one with extension should run
first.  What is less clear is when to apply what precedence.

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