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When speaking of dash, one usually means 'Debian Almquist SHell'. [In the context: 'dash is now available on iOS' to make it abundantly clear]

• mikeash 12y ago
  Seriously, "one usually means"? I could see that phrase being applied to the meaning of "dash" as the punctuation mark, or "run fast," but an obscure UNIX shell only used in a couple of Linux distributions? I hope that was a joke.
  • dimman 12y ago
    ... in the context "dash is now available on iOS", since thats what we're talking about, right. Obscure UNIX shell? Wow.
    • mikeash 12y ago
      How does adding iOS, an OS with no shell and a walled garden that prevents third parties from adding any such functionality, help your case at all? The ash shell seems somewhat well known. Dash, not so much, what with it only being used on one Linux distribution and some derivations.
• deleted 12y ago
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