On Saturday, September 27, 2003, at 01:57 PM, R. Joseph Newton wrote:

This is the first time I have seen the diamond or in-place editing operator
used well. Usually I blanch when I see them--the diamond conjures up the
image of some poor shmuck typing in lists of filenames at the command-line...

This seems a strange thing to say, to me. The diamond operator is simple a shortcut to implementing the UNIX filter methodology, which I believe has done quite well proving it's usefulness over the years.


James


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