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When contemplating a future investment into learning something, I like to consider the long-term benefits. Do we believe that command lines will become more or
by type-r 4y ago
When contemplating a future investment into learning something, I like to consider the long-term benefits. Do we believe that command lines will become more or less important in the following years? My bet is that they will continue to fade over time, as they have been for years (decades?). I don't think there's much sense to invest more than the minimum unless there's a specific use case in mind.
- chasil 4y agoThe Bourne shell was a relative latecomer to UNIX, released in 1979, replacing the [Ken] Thompson shell. It lacks many things provided by a POSIX shell (nearly all of which are present in the later Korn shell). There are many entire operating systems that survived only a fraction of this time. I think that it will remain relevant for decades. https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Bourne_shell https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Bourne_shell