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Re:Cheating at a company group activity using Unix tools by high_5 on Monday December 13, 2021 @05:34AM (#29538385)
> Interesting to learn about for historical reasons but of no practical utility.

The practical utility has just been demonstrated in this particular article? Historical? I think that Unix shell are like crocodiles - outliving the dinosaurs and lurking in the murky water the unsuspecting sysadmin to come close enough to fix the script that ain't broken.

Re:Cheating at a company group activity using Unix tools by oblio on Monday December 13, 2021 @09:12AM (#29539711)
Your analogy is quite interesting, in the sense that crocodiles are around, but they're not the dominant species. That would be an interesting continuation to your analogy, actually.
Re:Cheating at a company group activity using Unix tools by high_5 on Monday December 13, 2021 @10:34AM (#29540480)
Sooner or later one has to take a sip from the unixy pond :-)
Re:Cheating at a company group activity using Unix tools by oblio on Monday December 13, 2021 @10:37AM (#29540513)
For now. At some point we're going to build proper water management and sanitation systems. What those are in the software world, I, as a swamp dweller, cannot say.
Re:Cheating at a company group activity using Unix tools by ccalloway on Monday December 13, 2021 @05:41AM (#29538407)
> The practical utility has just been demonstrated in this particular article?

How? The author is doing something which could be done much more easily and elegantly in a programming language.