Re: Bourne Again Shell (Bash – geddit?)
> Probably the case that Bash was not the successor to the Bourne Shell, but to ksh, the Korn Shell
As I understood it at the time, it was intended to be both.
He wanted to revisit his original shell (which had clean scripting syntax), plus he wanted to add in all the post-sh User Interface ideas of which ksh was the pioneer and about the most advanced. Basically, sh functionality improved, ksh UX improved
eg, instead of only having ksh's vi-style navigation possible, bash also included emacs-style navigation (ctrl-R to search-reverse, etc), which turned out to suit most people best in shell's text-entry-focus environment. Such that many people now think it came from bash not emacs.
Biting the hand that feeds IT
