Re:Why can't I write code inside my browser?
by humanrebar on Friday January 15, 2021 @09:38AM
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> Wow, if I ever saw a comment on HN that was fundamentally wrong on many levels, this was it.
You must not visit political threads much.
But seriously, you could have said that in a constructive way.
Re:Why can't I write code inside my browser?
by 0-_-0 on Friday January 15, 2021 @08:50AM
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Sure, but you're entirely missing the point. Question is, is it necessary for programming? I repeat, to be entirely clear, is it necessary? Not useful, but necessary for a beginner to touch the command line?
Re:Why can't I write code inside my browser?
by rualca on Saturday January 16, 2021 @05:03AM
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> Question is, is it necessary for programming?
Why, yes?
> Not useful, but necessary for a beginner to touch the command line?
Do you understand that you're asking if a beginner needs to run or pass a setting or even automate any operation that's relevant to programming?
I repeat, a CLI is an interface. It's an interface to perform an action and/or pass a setting. That's it. What warrants this irrational opposition to an interface?
Wow, if I ever saw a comment on HN that was fundamentally wrong on many levels, this was it.
No, a command line interface is not "a layer of abstraction". A command line interface is an interface. That's it. Instead of pressing a button, you run a command. If you want to pass settings to an app when you launch it, you use the command line interface. If you want to script away a task, you call the command from your script.
That's it. It's not a layer of abstraction. It's an interface. They exist for many good reasons.