Stephen Carville wrote: > No. I am reminding you that new tools sometimes require > learning new ways.
Sometimes. In the example you cited, the technology simply didn't exist to allow automobiles to be controlled using reins. The computing tools of the 20th century required you to use short file names; they required ALL_CAPS because they could not handle lower case; and so on. In those days, we had no choice but to change our practises to conform to the limited capabilities of the machine. But the tools have changed - today they are more powerful and flexible. Software has the capability to behave the way ordinary people (i.e. people who have not been forced to conform to computers) would expect. So if the tools have changed, why haven't practises and attitudes? Why do we still have people who think "spaces in file names are evil"? Why can't I name my document "2006 Department Budget" in a directory named "Financial Documents"? -- Jim Hyslop Senior Software Designer Leitch Technology International Inc. ( http://www.leitch.com ) Columnist, C/C++ Users Journal ( http://www.cuj.com/experts ) _______________________________________________ Info-cvs mailing list Info-cvs@gnu.org http://lists.gnu.org/mailman/listinfo/info-cvs
