Re:The tale of aux.c
by _jal on Tuesday September 26, 2017 @10:12AM
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Looks like it is time for this again...
> Ah, yes, the age old Unix trope of, "it's not the system, it's the user's fault"
Ah, yes, the age-old complaint that a car driver should be able to run a forklift with no practice.
I don't think Unixen should strive for 'user friendliness'. Hacking in "Do you really want to" dialogs would (a) be contrary to all expectations developed over a long time, (b) break a lot of existing software, (b) annoy the bloody hell out of everyone, and (d) not solve anything, because those dialogs don't prevent mistakes.
Not all systems need to converge, and Unix has been a professional toolchain since the beginning. You're expected to know something about it, just like you don't let kids run plasma cutters.
> Ah, yes, the age old Unix trope of, "it's not the system, it's the user's fault"
Ah, yes, the age-old complaint that a car driver should be able to run a forklift with no practice.
I don't think Unixen should strive for 'user friendliness'. Hacking in "Do you really want to" dialogs would (a) be contrary to all expectations developed over a long time, (b) break a lot of existing software, (b) annoy the bloody hell out of everyone, and (d) not solve anything, because those dialogs don't prevent mistakes.
Not all systems need to converge, and Unix has been a professional toolchain since the beginning. You're expected to know something about it, just like you don't let kids run plasma cutters.