Path: utzoo!dciem!nrcaer!scs!spl1!ddsw1!koala
From: koala@ddsw1.UUCP (Karl Meiser)
Newsgroups: comp.unix.wizards
Subject: Re: ksh incompatabilities with sh?
Message-ID: <1262@ddsw1.UUCP>
Date: 23 Jun 88 19:23:45 GMT
Article-I.D.: ddsw1.1262
References: <5812@bloom-beacon.MIT.EDU> <4862@teddy.UUCP>
Reply-To: koala@ddsw1.UUCP (Karl Meiser)
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Summary: So?

In article <4862@teddy.UUCP> jpn@teddy.UUCP (John P. Nelson) writes:
>>It should be noted, however, that the Korn shell (at least the
>>versions I've used) does _n_o_t keep the environment alphabetized,
>>as do the other shells; this is a documented inconsistency ...
>
>Sorry, but csh doesn't seem to keep environment variables alphabetized,
>either.  This would appear to be an ideosyncracy unique to "sh".
>

But is this a plus or a minus?  Is there anything serious wrong with
not alphabetizing?  Suppose you want to find the last changed variable.

It all depends on what you want on how you look at it

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Karl Meiser    ..!att!spl1!ddsw1!koala

I said that??  I musta been sleeping!