Hi, 2016-04-23 15:03 GMT+02:00, Marc Collin <marc.coll...@gmail.com>: > Hi. > Recently a user from suckless told me that bash sucks, but before I > could ask why he went offline. > I tried looking at suckless.org page about software that sucks, but > couldn't find anything about bash. > I can imagine why it sucks - no portability! #/bin/sh should be > enough for everyone. Is that it or is something else to the matter? > Maybe an entry to suckless.org suck page could be good to clarify > things and also warn new users. > Best wishes.
Just read the code. Just... sloc it, then compare the sloc count with mksh's which has got roughly the same extra goodies bash has and dash/ash hasn't.