On Sat, Aug 26, 2006 at 11:02:32PM -0500, Default User wrote:
> I just know I'm going to regret asking this, but . . . 
> why does OpenBSD have ksh as the default shell, rather than bash? 

Size, speed[1], license (PD vs. GPL), possibly standard conformance.

> Also, what ever happened to the statically-compiled bash that used to be
> available in OpenBSD packages?  

http://marc.theaimsgroup.com/?l=openbsd-ports&m=113442995921740&w=2

Ciao,
        Kili

[1] Try this in ksh and bash:

        jot 1000000 |
        while read foo; do
                :
        done

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