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I think you miss the point of API's regardless of your programming language. If it's used inside a CLI then definitely I can write a GUI program that does the s
by unnouinceput 6y ago
I think you miss the point of API's regardless of your programming language. If it's used inside a CLI then definitely I can write a GUI program that does the same.
- creata 6y agoYou could write such a program, but my point is that it's a horrible inconvenience. CLI programs compose to the moon, but it's hard to get GUI programs to compose at all.
- fiddlerwoaroof 6y agoAlternatively, writing a program just is what you do at the shell with the find command, without building a GUI AND all the ceremony around getting a typical programming language needs to orchestrate processes.