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> Why sed?? > Sed is the perfect programming language, especially for graph problems. It's plain and simple and doesn't clutter your screen with useless identi
by qwertox 2y ago
> Why sed??
> Sed is the perfect programming language, especially for graph problems. It's plain and simple and doesn't clutter your screen with useless identifiers like if, for, while, or int. Furthermore since it doesn't have things like numbers, it's very simple to use.
"useless identifiers like if, for, while, or int"? Useless identifiers?
- ReleaseCandidat 2y agoThat's about as serious as Some of the notable features include: Preview variable values, both of them! ... Its name is a palindrome
- 082349872349872 2y agoTo be fair, IBM actually had a commercial product that was simpler (cheaper) because it didn't have things like numbers: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/IBM_1620#Transferred_to_San_Jose_for_production https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/IBM_1620#Transferred_to_San_Jo...
- russfink 2y agoFor me, the question of why is because it’s already installed in the environment and available on every UNIX system I have used. This is a case of conforming myself to the tool, rather than the other way around. If you are of a certain vintage like I am, You got used to doing these things early on because we could not just apt install foo on our platforms anytime we needed something. I do not mean to sound like “kids these days… “ I really like these modern systems that allow you to install a wide range of packages. It is a huge step forward. I just want to explain my perspective, perhaps others share that perspective. It probably also explains why such tools continue to exist.