Re: M4sh tests 77 and 78 vs /bin/sh -> dash

[Paul Eggert]

On 3/23/20 1:20 PM, Zack Weinberg wrote:
> Autotools and C still have their niche, and that niche is code that
> _does_  need to be extremely cross platform.

If cross-platform is the main goal, Java is often a better choice these days. 
:-)

It would be fine to add an option (default off) to make Autoconf pickier about 
the shell, and letting people try the option who want to try it. We coould 
change the default later as experience rolls in.