This interesting article appeared last summer:  much of the wisdomapplys to the ECU procedure language :-)> From: guy@auspex.auspex.com (Guy Harris)> Newsgroups: comp.unix.questions> Subject: Re: Funny kill -9 behaviour> Message-ID: <3920@auspex.auspex.com>> Date: 18 Aug 90 21:27:07 GMT> References: <909@sagpd1.UUCP>> Organization: Auspex Systems, Santa Clara> Lines: 16> > >What I want to know is why in the hay does this happen?> > Because the C shell is flakier than a snowstorm.  To quote the BUGS> section of the SunOS 4.0.3 manual page (this quote is also in the S5R4> "csh" manual page):> >      Although robust enough for general use, adventures into  the>      esoteric  periphery  of  the  C  shell may reveal unexpected>      quirks.> > which translates as "the C shell is flakier than a snowstorm."