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A lot quicker to do something specific. What if your problem involves text, but is always changing? Then you need general tools and a way to compose them togeth
by 7thaccount 7y ago
A lot quicker to do something specific. What if your problem involves text, but is always changing? Then you need general tools and a way to compose them together. Just like general Unix command and Awk which automatically loop through files. I would go crazy if I had to write actual code to do that kind of work 50 times a week.
- AgentOrange1234 7y agoA difference between emacs functions and awk one-liners is that the former are highly composable. Over the course of weeks you can build whole libraries of custom text-manipulation functionality for your particular domain, all integrated seamlessly into your editor. The thought of calling out to tools like awk for this is really galling. Could just be me, though.
- 7thaccount 7y agoYeah...I was thinking about just writing a bunch of Powershell or TCL to make an expert shell. Sounds like a similar idea.