# The following was supposedly scribed by
# Lee Eakin
# on Thursday 16 June 2005 02:59 pm:
>Order is significant because of the shell. If you commonly use a
>program with option --foo, then you often decide to make an alias for
>the program that includes that option. If order is significant, then
>you can call the alias and add the --no-foo option to get a different
>effect without have to go around your shell alias.
Ok. Here's one edge-case which probably involves somebody smart enough
to not get stuck in it. Is this really a good argument for perplexing
the user the other 99% of the time?
Furthermore, would --de-foo not satisfy this (occasional) need?
--Eric
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