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No self-respecting Unix tool would use such long names, so that's why they were free. "compare" vs "cmp", etc.
by pavlov 5y ago
No self-respecting Unix tool would use such long names, so that's why they were free. "compare" vs "cmp", etc.
- Gigachad 5y agoImage magick isn't something you use frequently and quickly like changing directories or moving a file. A longer more descriptive name is better here. Also easier to speak. Telling someone to write "compare" is easier than "C-M-P"
- noobermin 5y agoThe reason the common commands were short was because typing on the keys for old terminals was a pain in general, and thus they are short for historical reasons. It is however an accident of history that them being shorter now makes it more convenient...if you have the names memorized.
- pavlov 5y agoI was trying to make a joke about the infamous naming practices of Unix, an operating system with a call named “creat”.
- saghm 5y agoMy favorite is "ioctl", which is especially delightful when pronounced phoenetically
- ajkjk 5y agoA regrettable state that will hopefully be fixed someday.
- contingencies 5y agoSpell create with an 'e'. - Ken Thompson (referring to design regrets on the UNIX creat(2) system call and the fallacy of premature optimization) .. via https://github.com/globalcitizen/taoup https://github.com/globalcitizen/taoup