On Thu, 2006-11-23 at 13:43 +0200, Jari Aalto wrote: > > Bash is not essential for running Debian. It is possible to run old > PCs and old laptops completely free of bash. The point here is not the > disk consumption, but the reduced memory constrainsts. When scripts > are written with only "sh" in mind, they become portable to even > embedded systems (think busybox). Every bash-dependent scipt that runs > on the system, takes memory out from other processes.
What about "perl". Is that essential? Why are you not going for big targets? > Education sector and 3rd world still have PCs that are *years* and > *tears* old. Everybody do not live in countries where computers or > hardware are cheap. Guess what? I used bash on that old hardware when it was shiny and new also. Didn't seem to have any problems. Thomas
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