I see absolutely nothing wrong with this approach of writing your own tools. If a person feels that it's better, why ridicule it? Noone is forcing you to use it

I see absolutely nothing wrong with this approach of writing your own tools. If a person feels that it's better, why ridicule it? Noone is forcing you to use it. If you feel it's not for you, that's fine. On the other hand, some people are advocating this approach as a way to improve your programming skills: http://www.rodrigoalvesvieira.com/copy-unix/ http://www.rodrigoalvesvieira.com/copy-unix/