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Re:PowerShell Inventor Jeffrey Snover Interview by Someone1234 on Wednesday December 08, 2021 @02:11PM (#29488983)
People that base what tooling they use around how many characters they have to type instead of how productive it makes them seems common but problematic.

I simply cannot relate to this prioritization.

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Re:PowerShell Inventor Jeffrey Snover Interview by bastardoperator on Wednesday December 08, 2021 @03:09PM (#29489780)
If it take me twice as long to get to the same solution, I'm ultimately less productive. I tend to abide by the "less is more" philosophy.
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Re:PowerShell Inventor Jeffrey Snover Interview by Someone1234 on Wednesday December 08, 2021 @08:30PM (#29492762)
> If it take me twice as long to get to the same solution, I'm ultimately less productive.

Exactly, that's why having to guess command/args and google the man-page is way less productive by a lot. For minimal productivity gains in the time it takes you to type a few characters you've wasted minutes.

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Re:PowerShell Inventor Jeffrey Snover Interview by bastardoperator on Thursday December 09, 2021 @11:18AM (#29499193)
Google the man page? I hope you're not serious.
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