Rob B wrote:
Unix software rule: Do one thing, and do it well
Windows sofware rule: Do everything
Can't say I've ever noticed that. I have noticed that
UNIX programs either:
-- expand until their configuration file syntax
is Turing-complete (sendmail, Emacs, iptables).
Think about it -- you can teach people Java in
a semester. Would you dare say the same of
sendmail or emacs :-)
-- proliferate options beyond human ken (ls, ps).
Common quiz question, "what option letter isn't
used in ps".
-- provide a handful of differing APIs and subsystems
to perform the same task, each with their own
religious cult (X fonts and rendering, output
to text terminals, text file manipulation).
Even file I/O
f = open(...)
f = fopen(...)
Regards,
Glen
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