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Re:It used to be simpler to teach Unix by somerandomboi on Sunday September 27, 2020 @07:41PM (#24611189)
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This appears to be quite a subjective claim, people comprehend/retain information extremely differently. The ls command applied as an example to the argument undermines its credibility, as virtually every Unix user is aware of its importance. ls remains arguably the most Unix filesystem command, why would it be difficult for users to understand its relevancy?

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Re:It used to be simpler to teach Unix by inopinatus on Sunday September 27, 2020 @07:48PM (#24611242)
The author isn’t talking about teaching ls, but about using it to teach fundamental principles of Unix, in particular “do one thing well” in the context of piped standardised regular line-oriented text formats.

So ls is chosen because it is supposed to be the universally familiar archetype, but author is noting that corruption of the underlying principle in the default configuration of some variants & distributions has extended to something as basic as this.

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Re:It used to be simpler to teach Unix by saagarjha on Sunday September 27, 2020 @08:33PM (#24611579)
Hey, it looks like you've copied more of your comment than you intended to ;)
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