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It reminded me of apt-get moo and aptitude moo, which do not seem risky or to trigger unexpected things (since they just print text when using specific, useless
by jraph 5y ago
It reminded me of apt-get moo and aptitude moo, which do not seem risky or to trigger unexpected things (since they just print text when using specific, useless flags), nor cause maintenance troubles, and yet those programs are on many computers.
I don't care that much about the presence or the absence of easter eggs in curl or in most tools. It's still cool that some have easter eggs if they are inoffensive. Documented easter eggs are fine too.
Curl is a great tool and I'm perfectly fine (if not thankful) with this decision.
- ramses0 5y agoI've viewed that flag as an admission or convenient hookup point for new features under development, and have taken to adding a `--moo` or `--wip` flag which is a convenient starting point for adding something new to a utility. It's much easier for a developer that's new to a project to make `--moo` do something different than it is to perform all the ceremony to get a `--feature` going in the first place.