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Git is an example of this. [1] There are high-level "porcelain" commands like branch and checkout. And then there are low-level "plumbing" commands like commi
by paulddraper 3y ago
Git is an example of this. [1]
There are high-level "porcelain" commands like branch and checkout.
And then there are low-level "plumbing" commands like commit-tree and update-ref.
[1] https://git-scm.com/book/en/v2/Git-Internals-Plumbing-and-Porcelain https://git-scm.com/book/en/v2/Git-Internals-Plumbing-and-Po...
- mbork_pl 3y agoCame here to say that. Also, to some extent, Emacs. There are thousands of functions (actually, a bit less than 10k in stock Emacs without packages, and over 46k in my Emacs) performing various low-level tasks, and much fewer commands (~3k in stock Emacs, almost 12k in my config), i.e., interactive functions, often higher-level, designed for the user.