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> Interesting to learn about for historical reasons but of no practical utility. The practical utility has just been demonstrated in this particular article? H

by high_5 5y ago

> Interesting to learn about for historical reasons but of no practical utility. The practical utility has just been demonstrated in this particular article? Historical? I think that Unix shell are like crocodiles - outliving the dinosaurs and lurking in the murky water the unsuspecting sysadmin to come close enough to fix the script that ain't broken.

oblio 5y ago
Your analogy is quite interesting, in the sense that crocodiles are around, but they're not the dominant species. That would be an interesting continuation to your analogy, actually.
- high_5 5y ago
  Sooner or later one has to take a sip from the unixy pond :-)
  - oblio 5y ago
    For now. At some point we're going to build proper water management and sanitation systems. What those are in the software world, I, as a swamp dweller, cannot say.
ccalloway 5y ago
> The practical utility has just been demonstrated in this particular article? How? The author is doing something which could be done much more easily and elegantly in a programming language.