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Your argument that it wouldn't be available on other boxes can be applied against any new command, no matter how fantastic, so it doesn't seem very constructive
by cjg 14y ago
Your argument that it wouldn't be available on other boxes can be applied against any new command, no matter how fantastic, so it doesn't seem very constructive to me.
- webreac 14y agoI think it is a good argument to learn basis before reinventing the wheel. When using unix, there are already far too many commands to learn. Not having to learn useless commands is a bonus.
- chris_wot 14y agoAnd yet, it's not useless to so many.
- yb66 14y agoI agree wholeheartedly. As an example, many languages are Turing complete and yet we still keep creating new languages when just one (theoretically) would do. It's because syntax is separate from meaning, syntax matters (compare addition in Roman numerals to our current number system, same meaning, improved syntax). Also, problem domains differ, but here it's a problem of syntax, and the argument against "reinventing the wheel" is moot if you're moving from a wooden wheel to one with spokes and a tyre.