On Tue, Jul 04, 2023 at 01:16:34PM -0500, Dave Blanchard wrote: > I take a practical approach. I use simple programs when they do the job well, > and more complex programs when they get the job done better. Sometimes a > simple program can be useful for certain jobs, such as ones involving shell > scripting, whereas a complex program may be more useful for example in other > applications, such as using Solidworks for engineering work. LaTeX is > certainly a bloated monstrosity, but the damn thing is useful for a lot of > different tasks. > > People on this email list tend to go to an extreme in favoring simplicity > above all else, which is why they release dumpster fires like the ST terminal > emulator for example which has absolutely no features at all, is riddled with > bugs and compatibility problems, and requires extensive patching to add in > any useful features. The developers are also basement-dwelling losers, total > raging assholes who take personal offense to the suggestion that their code > should be better commented or that someone might fork the code to make an > improved version. >
true > I tried ST for a time before realizing it was trash and just switched back to > Xterm, the gold standard of functional X11 terminal emulators, which the ST > developers talked shit about, calling "bloated" in their documentation, and > saying the code wasn't good. Actually it is not bloated, the code quality is > much higher than ST (and is actually commented!), It Just Works(TM), and it's > noticeably faster as well when ST is patched with the juvenile "scrollback > buffer support" implementation--which calls malloc() once for every line(!) > of the scrollback buffer. > > Take anything that a religious cult member says with a grain of salt. > > Dave > -- Kind regards, Hiltjo
