Re:Patch runs ed, and ed can run anything
by colechristensen on Thursday April 05, 2018 @04:51PM
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So come up with command line switches to restrict behavior when necessary.
>the power means the tool ends up doing a lot of other things ... not so well.
What I find myself wanting over and over is to do things with software that the developers didn't intend. Maybe using a hammer to mash potatoes is a bad idea, but I don't want the hammer company to make it impossible. Not because I want to shoot myself in the foot, but because preventing me from shooting myself in the foot prevents me from doing a lot of other good things.
>the power means the tool ends up doing a lot of other things ... not so well.
What I find myself wanting over and over is to do things with software that the developers didn't intend. Maybe using a hammer to mash potatoes is a bad idea, but I don't want the hammer company to make it impossible. Not because I want to shoot myself in the foot, but because preventing me from shooting myself in the foot prevents me from doing a lot of other good things.