I would prefer more constructive criticism: this reads like a synopsis of The UNIX-HATERS's Handbook[0], and (while quoting from Worse is Better[1]) glosses ove

I would prefer more constructive criticism: this reads like a synopsis of The UNIX-HATERS's Handbook[0], and (while quoting from Worse is Better[1]) glosses over how UNIX is terrible because it out-competed its peers by being 'better' (compromising its design and consistency to improve its delivery and practicality). It's valuable to challenge assumptions held in a community (to avoid the Normalization of deviance in software: how broken practices become standard[2]). It's more valuable to suggest improvements, and most valuable to improve it. [0]: http://web.mit.edu/~simsong/www/ugh.pdf http://web.mit.edu/~simsong/www/ugh.pdf [1]: https://www.dreamsongs.com/WorseIsBetter.html https://www.dreamsongs.com/WorseIsBetter.html [2]: http://danluu.com/wat/ http://danluu.com/wat/