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The most common explanation: "cute" interactions make it harder to script the command-line tools because you have to account for the extra layer of indirection
by fixermark 10y ago
The most common explanation: "cute" interactions make it harder to script the command-line tools because you have to account for the extra layer of indirection or write a bit of screen-scrape logic to get the command prompt input.
I've always found that explanation a little threadbare.
- TeMPOraL 10y agoI think the hoops you have to jump through should scale with severity. Then if you find yourself writing scripts that screen-scrape interactive output to get around some safeguards, you're doing something very wrong.