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> Which you realistically don't Phone numbers are nothing like programs. The comparison is false. > The point isn't the initial install, it's the subsequent l
by zasdffaa 4y ago
> Which you realistically don't
Phone numbers are nothing like programs. The comparison is false.
> The point isn't the initial install, it's the subsequent lookups (including update, uninstallation, etc.).
Well perhaps, but if you can delete a program by literally deleting the file, and update it literally by replacing it then you are onto a good thing - unix-like simplicity. Dependencies may be a problem, or not.
- dataflow 4y ago> Phone numbers are nothing like programs. The comparison is false. That wasn't the comparison in the first place. Finding the location of the program and its uninstaller is very much like an address or phone number lookup. Updating it is like updating an address book. And you need a database to maintain it all and find what you need, and something has to update that database. That's one major thing an installer does.
- zasdffaa 4y agoOK, I see what you're getting at now. Given my experience with horrible messed up installers though, I maintain my plea for simplicity.