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>The manpage says it "PRINTS the pathname of the WORKING (current) DIRECTORY" You could say the manpage says: "prints the PATHNAME of the WORKING (current) DI

>The manpage says it "PRINTS the pathname of the WORKING (current) DIRECTORY" You could say the manpage says: "prints the PATHNAME of the WORKING (current) DIRECTORY" many commands "print" things, doesn't mean it part of the name >I don't see any implication How you do not see it? PATHNAME is the only thing that differentiate this command from others, many commands print things ... It's not simply a set of the words with equal weights. Some words there are more important and define the command, some can be interchanged like : "print" . You can use "displays", "sends to output" ... but you cannot change "pathname" without ruining the meaning. Should be obvious, for those who downvote, or simple logic doesn't work for some?

Talanes 6y ago
Your argument hinges on interpreting it exactly as YOU read it, while the grandparent argument only requires that multiple readings be possible. As multiple readings are demonstrably possible, your logic shows flaws. Historical fact is determined by examining sources for how the authors and other contemporary people interpret them, not applying your own snap judgements to them.
- lovelyviking 6y ago
  >Historical fact is determined ... Original article talks about MEANINGS of pwd. To determine meaning YOU imply that MEANING is defined ONLY by looking for historical fact, but it is how YOU interpret it. We can look for historical fact and find out that most of the commands literally printed on PAPER. So IF we talk about MEANINGs, we can take into account historical fact but there is no much use for it, if it doesn't represent the MEANING! There are no flaws in my logic. There are flows in your suggestion that we should discuss ONLY historical fact to determine MEANING. >while the grandparent argument only requires that multiple readings be possible while it does say about multiple readings possible, it uses caps used only in "PRINT" word. I merely pointed out to that imbalance by providing alternative, to ballance it back. Then I went further and argued that multiple readings are inappropriate there, because it is naive to put the same weight to the words. Some words are ESSENTIAL and some can be used for almost any command in unix/linux. Even grandparent argument discarded manual as source. and we simply -do-not-know- historical fact, So I CAN use manual as source of interpretations in search for !MEANING! not historical fact, which is absent and not very useful even if it will be determined. convinced ?
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Talanes 6y ago

Your argument hinges on interpreting it exactly as YOU read it, while the grandparent argument only requires that multiple readings be possible. As multiple readings are demonstrably possible, your logic shows flaws. Historical fact is determined by examining sources for how the authors and other contemporary people interpret them, not applying your own snap judgements to them.

lovelyviking 6y ago
>Historical fact is determined ... Original article talks about MEANINGS of pwd. To determine meaning YOU imply that MEANING is defined ONLY by looking for historical fact, but it is how YOU interpret it. We can look for historical fact and find out that most of the commands literally printed on PAPER. So IF we talk about MEANINGs, we can take into account historical fact but there is no much use for it, if it doesn't represent the MEANING! There are no flaws in my logic. There are flows in your suggestion that we should discuss ONLY historical fact to determine MEANING. >while the grandparent argument only requires that multiple readings be possible while it does say about multiple readings possible, it uses caps used only in "PRINT" word. I merely pointed out to that imbalance by providing alternative, to ballance it back. Then I went further and argued that multiple readings are inappropriate there, because it is naive to put the same weight to the words. Some words are ESSENTIAL and some can be used for almost any command in unix/linux. Even grandparent argument discarded manual as source. and we simply -do-not-know- historical fact, So I CAN use manual as source of interpretations in search for !MEANING! not historical fact, which is absent and not very useful even if it will be determined. convinced ?
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