Hey, look. As a systems guy myself I understand the aesthetic around clean and simple software. That's a totally reasonable preference. Here's the thing: GNU u

Hey, look. As a systems guy myself I understand the aesthetic around clean and simple software. That's a totally reasonable preference. Here's the thing: GNU userland isn't some poorly designed aberration. It's by far the most popular unix userland in the world and is very commonly ported to systems which may do things differently. Almost every other unix has a distro to supply GNU userland tools on it -- no other unix userland can make the same claim. Not everyone wants it, sure. Especially people with perspectives broader than the typical user. Of course. But it's the most popular system in the world -- not some weird never-used prototype. And in the case of yes(1), I think you would have to try very hard to find a reason for a user of the tool to have a negative preference.