Notable bash $PATH behavior trivia

[pll at lanminds.com]

In a message dated: Thu, 02 Jan 2003 18:17:01 EST
Derek Martin said:

>Not unless the documented behavior is otherwise... this behavior is
>the normal, expected behavior of bourne-derivative shells.

Is it that the bourne shell exhibited this seemingly buggy behavior 
and bash maintained it for the sake of portability, or was this some 
kind of "feature" of the original bourne shell?
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