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s/descriptive/proscriptive/g I think. Descriptive doesn't attach value to the observations, while "hey that's wrong" definitely does.

singlow 6y ago
Agree. I see the concept but the analogy to grammar terminology doesn't quite fit. I'd suggest _corrective_.
ed312 6y ago
What does this notation mean: "s/descriptive/proscriptive/g" ?
- cochne 6y ago
  This means find and replace descriptive with proscriptive. It is a pattern used by Vim and Sed, and probably some other programs.
  - virgil_disgr4ce 6y ago
    It's regex, vim and sed just happen to use it
- Jtsummers 6y ago
  Substitute <pattern> with <replacement> globally. https://www.gnu.org/software/sed/manual/html_node/The-_0022s_0022-Command.html https://www.gnu.org/software/sed/manual/html_node/The-_0022s...
- adwn 6y ago
  Replace all occurrences of 'descriptive' with 'proscriptive'
- pdkl95 6y ago
  It's originally from sed's "s"ubstitute command[1], and later incorporated into many other tools. The "s" at the front is the command name, which is followed by two sections delimited by "/"; these are regex pattern that is matched on the input, and the replacement string. The final "g" is an optional "global" flag that requests that all matches inthe input should be substituted, instead of only the first. s/ ...matching regex... / ...replacement string... /g The use in the parent post therefor means: "Replace every 'descriptive' in the text with the string 'proscriptive'." [1] https://www.gnu.org/software/sed/manual/html_node/The-_0022s_0022-Command.html https://www.gnu.org/software/sed/manual/html_node/The-_0022s...
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virgil_disgr4ce 6y ago
Although in the beginning of the post the author says "tooling that will tell you everything you do wrong" (which I agree would be 'proscriptive') other parts talk about UNopinionated ('descriptive', though now that I think about it might as well just stick with 'unopinionated') software ("The choice is between your rules and no rules"). So I guess really they're talking about 3 things.

singlow 6y ago

Agree. I see the concept but the analogy to grammar terminology doesn't quite fit. I'd suggest _corrective_.

ed312 6y ago

What does this notation mean: "s/descriptive/proscriptive/g" ?

cochne 6y ago
This means find and replace descriptive with proscriptive. It is a pattern used by Vim and Sed, and probably some other programs.
- virgil_disgr4ce 6y ago
  It's regex, vim and sed just happen to use it
Jtsummers 6y ago
Substitute <pattern> with <replacement> globally. https://www.gnu.org/software/sed/manual/html_node/The-_0022s_0022-Command.html https://www.gnu.org/software/sed/manual/html_node/The-_0022s...
adwn 6y ago
Replace all occurrences of 'descriptive' with 'proscriptive'
pdkl95 6y ago
It's originally from sed's "s"ubstitute command[1], and later incorporated into many other tools. The "s" at the front is the command name, which is followed by two sections delimited by "/"; these are regex pattern that is matched on the input, and the replacement string. The final "g" is an optional "global" flag that requests that all matches inthe input should be substituted, instead of only the first. s/ ...matching regex... / ...replacement string... /g The use in the parent post therefor means: "Replace every 'descriptive' in the text with the string 'proscriptive'." [1] https://www.gnu.org/software/sed/manual/html_node/The-_0022s_0022-Command.html https://www.gnu.org/software/sed/manual/html_node/The-_0022s...

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virgil_disgr4ce 6y ago

Although in the beginning of the post the author says "tooling that will tell you everything you do wrong" (which I agree would be 'proscriptive') other parts talk about UNopinionated ('descriptive', though now that I think about it might as well just stick with 'unopinionated') software ("The choice is between your rules and no rules"). So I guess really they're talking about 3 things.