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csh

> It’s lean

The $55 computer I purchased 2 weeks ago can run X11 in 4K. Micro-optimizing shell performance doesn’t make that much sense these days.

> It’s embraced by the OpenBSD folks

This can be both a blessing and a curse. I’ve used OpenBSD before and I respect the system but personally I find the community borderline weird.

> It has arrays (hell ya)

1-based ones at that. Why the heck would a “C like shell” not have arrays that start at 0?

> Scripts can start with the ‘#’ character only

On what systems?

> ‘cshrc’ configuration files read somewhat beautifully

I read and edit shell config files maybe once every 3 years when I set up a new system (and I really should have them in version control, I know)

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