On Wed, 30 Sep 2020 13:59:02 +0000, Pommier, Rex wrote:
>
>OK, thanks. I hadn't considered the "I'm going to because I can" angle,
>namely because I'm more of the "why would you even want to do that, even if
>you can, it'll cause problems." Kind of guy. But I know the adage, every time
>somebody makes something foolproof, the universe comes up with a bigger fool.
>
I like the phrasing, "... you've underestimated the resourcefulness of your
fool."
I endorse Doug Gwyn's maxim:
Unix was not designed to stop its users from doing stupid things,
as that would also stop them from doing clever things.
Looking for a citation, I found:
https://opensource.com/business/14/12/linux-philosophy
I'm bookmarking it. But I believe in highway guardrails. Less in
sysadmins who "alias rm='rm -i'". And I was irritated when ISPF,
which I had long been using suddenly began requiring confirmation
on "Delete"; no profile to disable it.
-- gil
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