I am pleasantly surprised that this wasn't about the daft Collapse OS. I understand where he is coming from and why he may have gotten that impression but it i

I am pleasantly surprised that this wasn't about the daft Collapse OS. I understand where he is coming from and why he may have gotten that impression but it is more like "accubus ergonomics" essentially for reasons I will explain at the end. The point of the command line is that the shell is very transportable, efficient, and powerful. Compare updating a syatem - you can just write or pass about a single shellscript to do what woukd otherwise require clicking through a ton of menus, watching bars grow, and waiting for it to need clicked. Not that big a deal for one person one system, a bigger deal for 5000. Its main weakness is the required experience and knowledge to use so if you already have those capabilities the added costs are marginal. This the name - it is like dealing with decimals or integers with an accubus vs a calculator and scratch paper. Surprisingly despite a millenia gap the calculator is slower - the user needs to read symbols and enter them one at a time with a hunt and peckish sort of mechanism. Meanwhile a skilled user will have its operation essentially in muscle memory and only need to read the end state. The accubus is rare in comparison because it generally isn't worth it on its own vs the easier alternatives. Plus the paper has a less volatile storage format than bead position. Command line operation isn't for everyone and in most cases and that is okay but it still has a valid purpose.