Shell performance (sh, ksh, & csh).

[David Smith]

I had a question regarding the various shells performance.  In "The Korn Shell
Command and Programming Language", by Bolsky and Korn it is stated:

"In spite of its increased size, ksh provides better performance.  Programs
can be written to run faster with ksh than with either Bourne shell or the C
shell, sometimes an order of magnitude faster."

Does anyone have some good examples of this statement?  I know doing arithmetic
now in the ksh is much better because it is builtin, but what about in general?

Responses may be posted or e-mailed to me directly.  I will post a summary of
the responses.

Thank you,

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