Unix – The Hole Hawg of Operating Systems (1999)

Re:Unix – The Hole Hawg of Operating Systems (1999) by bombcar on Saturday July 31, 2021 @08:53AM (#28017677)

There’s another construction analogy- the tendency to use the tool at hand vs “the right tool in the truck”. You use what you know and are familiar with without stopping to consider the alternatives (which you may not even know about - at least a tool in a truck is visible but when’s the last time you ran ls /bin).

(Milwaukee sells “demolition screwdrivers” designed to be used as prybars and chisels because that’s what people do with them: https://www.homedepot.com/p/Milwaukee-5-16-in-Slotted-6-in-D... - akin to modifying a program for the use case vs the original designed purpose).

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Re:Unix – The Hole Hawg of Operating Systems (1999) by arghwhat on Saturday July 31, 2021 @02:00PM (#28020281)

Any long tool with a flat end is a prybar, some just happen to be able to screw screws as well!

In all seriousness, most enormous flathead screwdrivers are intentionally designed to work as a prying tool. Now, do that with an insulated screwdriver and you might as well prepare yourself for the cable whipping from your senior.

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