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Re:Cross-platform Rust rewrite of the GNU coreutils by viraptor on Tuesday March 22, 2016 @06:02PM (#11340301)
This is getting a bit meta, but I disagree. It would be trivial to abuse in discussions.

    A: Bash would be way better for SQLite, really!
    B: But Bash is a terrible choice because X, Y, Z, ...
    A: If you make those arguments, you have to prove them.
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Re:Cross-platform Rust rewrite of the GNU coreutils by lotyrin on Tuesday March 22, 2016 @06:21PM (#11340403)
"Bash would be terrible because using it would cause a fire"

Yes, arguments have a burden to make sense, and provide evidence...

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Re:Cross-platform Rust rewrite of the GNU coreutils by andrewflnr on Wednesday March 23, 2016 @03:26AM (#11342687)
I'm not sure I take your point. If X, Y, and Z are cogent enough to be worth a rational response, B has done their job under my principle above. A is precisely the one I would want to yell at for using specious arguments.
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