Re: *nix general purpose database

From	Loki Harfagr <l0k1@thedarkdesign.free.fr.INVALID>
Subject	Re: *nix general purpose database
Newsgroups	alt.os.linux.slackware, comp.os.linux.misc
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Message-ID	<pan.2011.04.14.16.42.29@thedarkdesign.free.fr.INVALID> (permalink)
Date	2011-04-14 16:42 +0000
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Thu, 14 Apr 2011 15:27:05 +0000, Sylvain Robitaille did cat :

> On Thu, 14 Apr 2011 10:21:31 -0400, Chris F.A. Johnson wrote:
> 
>>    Integer arithmetic is built into the standard Unix shell.
> 
> As in the Bourne shell?
> 
>>    All systems for at least the last decade, and most for a number of
>>    years longer, have a shell that has most of the standard POSIX
>>    features.
> 
> "have a shell" is a much different condition than "the shell".  The
> former allows for other shells to also be present.
> 
> Let's consider, for example, a fairly popular commercial Unix that
> certainly meets the criteria of being among "All systems for at least
> the last decade", as you mention above, and check its Bourne shell:
> 
>    : dea[syl] ~; uname -a
>    SunOS dea.ece.concordia.ca 5.10 Generic_141444-09 sun4u sparc
> ...

ah well, you can say that again ;-)
//
http://groups.google.com/group/alt.os.linux.slackware/msg/a54032e1d28d10ef&dmode=source
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and I somehow purposefuly did it, but, well... the supposed slapback was
supposed to go "OK but that's not a Solaris group" but meanwhile I decided that'd be
funny to only a very small bunch
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  Re: *nix general purpose database "Chris F.A. Johnson" <cfajohnson@gmail.com> - 2011-04-10 03:58 -0400
    Re: *nix general purpose database Sylvain Robitaille <syl@alcor.concordia.ca> - 2011-04-13 15:09 +0000
      Re: *nix general purpose database (going OT testing pre-easter mead) Loki Harfagr <l0k1@thedarkdesign.free.fr.INVALID> - 2011-04-13 17:04 +0000
        Re: *nix general purpose database (going OT testing pre-easter mead) Grant Edwards <invalid@invalid.invalid> - 2011-04-13 17:15 +0000
          Re: *nix general purpose database (going OT testing pre-easter mead) Loki Harfagr <l0k1@thedarkdesign.free.fr.INVALID> - 2011-04-13 18:36 +0000
        Re: *nix general purpose database (going OT testing pre-easter mead) Sylvain Robitaille <syl@alcor.concordia.ca> - 2011-04-13 18:20 +0000
          Re: *nix general purpose database (going OT testing pre-easter mead) Mike Jones <luck@dasteem.invalid> - 2011-04-13 18:34 +0000
            Re: *nix general purpose database (going OT testing pre-easter mead) Jim Diamond <Jim.Diamond@deletethis.AcadiaU.ca> - 2011-04-13 19:36 -0300
            Re: *nix general purpose database (going OT testing pre-easter mead) "Chris F.A. Johnson" <cfajohnson@gmail.com> - 2011-04-14 10:27 -0400
              Re: *nix general purpose database (going OT testing pre-easter mead) Mike Jones <luck@dasteem.invalid> - 2011-04-14 17:47 +0000
                Re: *nix general purpose database (going OT testing pre-easter mead) "Chris F.A. Johnson" <cfajohnson@gmail.com> - 2011-04-14 13:55 -0400
                Re: *nix general purpose database (going OT testing pre-easter mead) Mike Jones <luck@dasteem.invalid> - 2011-04-14 20:29 +0000
              Re: *nix general purpose database (going OT testing pre-easter mead) Mike Jones <luck@dasteem.invalid> - 2011-04-14 17:48 +0000
      Re: *nix general purpose database "Chris F.A. Johnson" <cfajohnson@gmail.com> - 2011-04-14 10:21 -0400
        Re: *nix general purpose database Sylvain Robitaille <syl@alcor.concordia.ca> - 2011-04-14 15:27 +0000
          Re: *nix general purpose database "Chris F.A. Johnson" <cfajohnson@gmail.com> - 2011-04-14 11:34 -0400
            Re: *nix general purpose database Sylvain Robitaille <syl@alcor.concordia.ca> - 2011-04-14 16:54 +0000
              Re: *nix general purpose database "Chris F.A. Johnson" <cfajohnson@gmail.com> - 2011-04-14 14:02 -0400
                Re: *nix general purpose database Sylvain Robitaille <syl@alcor.concordia.ca> - 2011-04-14 18:54 +0000
                Re: *nix general purpose database "Peter J. Holzer" <hjp-usenet2@hjp.at> - 2011-04-14 22:20 +0200
                Re: *nix general purpose database Sylvain Robitaille <syl@alcor.concordia.ca> - 2011-04-14 21:20 +0000
                Re: *nix general purpose database "Peter J. Holzer" <hjp-usenet2@hjp.at> - 2011-04-15 00:17 +0200
                Re: *nix general purpose database Sylvain Robitaille <syl@alcor.concordia.ca> - 2011-04-15 14:38 +0000
                Re: *nix general purpose database "Chris F.A. Johnson" <cfajohnson@gmail.com> - 2011-04-14 18:41 -0400
                Re: *nix general purpose database Sylvain Robitaille <syl@alcor.concordia.ca> - 2011-04-15 14:36 +0000
                Re: *nix general purpose database "Chris F.A. Johnson" <cfajohnson@gmail.com> - 2011-04-15 10:39 -0400
                Re: *nix general purpose database Sylvain Robitaille <syl@alcor.concordia.ca> - 2011-04-15 15:20 +0000
                Re: *nix general surgeon advises flames may warp and coding is dangerous to your health Loki Harfagr <l0k1@thedarkdesign.free.fr.INVALID> - 2011-04-15 16:34 +0000
                Re: *nix general surgeon advises flames may warp and coding is dangerous to your health Sylvain Robitaille <syl@alcor.concordia.ca> - 2011-04-15 18:00 +0000
                Re: *nix general purpose database Eef Hartman <E.J.M.Hartman@tudelft.nl> - 2011-04-15 09:57 +0200
            Re: *nix general purpose database Stan Bischof <stan@worldbadminton.com> - 2011-04-14 16:57 +0000
              Re: *nix general purpose database "Peter J. Holzer" <hjp-usenet2@hjp.at> - 2011-04-14 22:30 +0200
                Re: *nix general purpose database Stan Bischof <stan@worldbadminton.com> - 2011-04-15 19:02 +0000
                Re: *nix general purpose database John Hasler <jhasler@newsguy.com> - 2011-04-15 15:26 -0500
          Re: *nix general purpose database Loki Harfagr <l0k1@thedarkdesign.free.fr.INVALID> - 2011-04-14 16:42 +0000
    Re (2): *nix general purpose database no.top.post@gmail.com - 2011-04-18 16:36 +0000
      Re: Re (2): *nix general purpose database Sylvain Robitaille <syl@alcor.concordia.ca> - 2011-04-18 17:04 +0000
  Re: *nix general purpose database Chick Tower <c.tower@deadspam.com> - 2011-04-11 18:33 +0000
    Re: *nix general purpose database Eef Hartman <E.J.M.Hartman@tudelft.nl> - 2011-04-12 17:22 +0200
  Re: *nix general purpose database Chick Tower <c.tower@deadspam.com> - 2011-04-28 15:21 +0000

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