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Standard boomer rant. > There's a reason why the status quo exists Yes, it's called the status quo. > text is universal Which one, ASCII, code page 9000, or

Standard boomer rant. > There's a reason why the status quo exists Yes, it's called the status quo. > text is universal Which one, ASCII, code page 9000, or UTF-8? Are you saying just restrict to ASCII? Then we need custom solutions every time someone wants to talk a different language. > lock in I am locked into using retarded insecure terminal emulators because all my tools depend on it to render what you people call "text" which is supposdedely "simple" or "universal". Even vim breaks from unicode already. The primitive language of the OS should not be some poorly defined idea of "text", but algebraic data types. > reading important Which is better done by graphics that text. Just the fact that with a structural editor - an if statement spans the amount it appears to span, instead of having to trust someone to format it correctly - is already enough reason to ditch text.

the_af 4y ago
> Standard boomer rant. Please stay polite. I'm not a boomer and my comment wasn't a rant. > Yes, it's called the status quo. I didn't mention the "status quo", please don't misquote me in order to make a clever retort. > Which one, ASCII [...] I preemptively mentioned which one, which defuses the rest of your sentence. More importantly, you know which one I meant. And I know you know, so please, let's not argue this. > I am locked into using retarded insecure terminal emulators [...] Even vim breaks from unicode already None of this has much to do with what I wrote. Again, I must ask you to stay polite and on topic. If you dislike your tools, use better ones. > The primitive language of the OS should not be some poorly defined idea of "text", but algebraic data types. This discussion is about representations meant to be universally understandable by programmers, i.e. humans, not by the OS. > [reading] is better done by graphics that text Reading is mostly done using a special kind of "graphics" called "text". People with disabilities or who are busy doing something else, like driving a car, choose alternatives; but let's be honest, most people read text.

the_af 4y ago

> Standard boomer rant. Please stay polite. I'm not a boomer and my comment wasn't a rant. > Yes, it's called the status quo. I didn't mention the "status quo", please don't misquote me in order to make a clever retort. > Which one, ASCII [...] I preemptively mentioned which one, which defuses the rest of your sentence. More importantly, you know which one I meant. And I know you know, so please, let's not argue this. > I am locked into using retarded insecure terminal emulators [...] Even vim breaks from unicode already None of this has much to do with what I wrote. Again, I must ask you to stay polite and on topic. If you dislike your tools, use better ones. > The primitive language of the OS should not be some poorly defined idea of "text", but algebraic data types. This discussion is about representations meant to be universally understandable by programmers, i.e. humans, not by the OS. > [reading] is better done by graphics that text Reading is mostly done using a special kind of "graphics" called "text". People with disabilities or who are busy doing something else, like driving a car, choose alternatives; but let's be honest, most people read text.