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   Aharon Robbins to dot@dotat.at   
   Re: Execution of a program in scripting    
   21 Jan 10 18:57:12   
   
   From: arnold@skeeve.com   
      
   Tony Finch   wrote:   
   >The Unix shell is even more old-school. It works on the source   
   >directly, performing a series of substitutions and expansions to   
   >derive each command that is to be executed.   
      
   Not 100% true. The Bourne shell keeps a parse tree since there are   
   control structures - if, while, for, etc.   
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