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From: Stephen Bash <bash@genarts.com>
Subject: Re: Python extension commands in git - request for policy change
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----- Original Message -----
> From: "Felipe Contreras" <felipe.contreras@gmail.com>
> Sent: Tuesday, December 4, 2012 9:19:18 AM
> Subject: Re: Python extension commands in git - request for policy change
> 
> > > Also, you are ignoring all the advantages that shell has and
> > > python does not.
> >
> > Out of curiosity, can you list the advantages? From what I
> > gathered:
> >
> > - no need to install bash
> 
> Unless you are in Windows or OS X. OS X has a shell, but not bash.

>>From http://support.apple.com/kb/TA27005:

"The default shell (or command-line interface) used in Mac OS X 10.0 through 10.2.8 is tcsh (with 10.3 and 10.4 it's bash). With Mac OS X 10.2 or later, other interactive shells are included, such as bash and zsh."

Stephen