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This tool is hardly new, I think it was introduced back in the nineties. http://linux-ip.net/gl/ip-cref/ http://linux-ip.net/gl/ip-cref/ says April 14, 1999.

• dijit 9y ago
  I think it's not a good thing to mention age as if that matters much. Would you argue that gpg is old and therefore good software? I would argue instead that iproute2 was not picked up quickly because it's clunky and hard to reason about. openBSD managed to improve ifconfig enough that a change was not needed. I applaud that to be honest.
  • digi_owl 9y ago
    Sadly too much of IT is run on childish bravado these days. End result is that anything older than the person talking is stale and clunky code best replaced by something written in the latest bling language that "everyone" raves about...
• e1ven 9y ago
  When it comes to standard unix tools, a part of me still feels 1999 is rather new. :)
• moonbug 9y ago
  and it was a pain in the arse then, and it's no better now.