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Re:Nitro: A tiny but flexible init system and process superv... by pezezin on Sunday August 24, 2025 @09:03AM (#45003963)
Which well-defined interface? Most Unix tools communicate through text pipes, and provide their result in whatever random format the author likes that then requires significant effort to parse correctly.
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Re:Nitro: A tiny but flexible init system and process superv... by overfeed on Sunday August 24, 2025 @11:59AM (#45005256)
Traditional Unix tools have well-defined text interfaces. Well-defined =/= universal, or well-designed, or even easy to parse...some RFCs are rough to implement parsers/validators for, but I digress. My point is that it is easier to replace an individual Unix tool, that it is to replace a systemd subsystem.
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