Maybe those programmers should learn a bit more about the system they are working with before making such presumptions... but then, since the days of Berkeley kids mixing LSD with cat's flags, seems that all regard for the unix style has been forgotten in the race to add more 'features' and implement more standards.
uriel On Sat, Nov 15, 2008 at 12:51 AM, Pietro Gagliardi <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > -----BEGIN PGP SIGNED MESSAGE----- > Hash: SHA1 > > > On Nov 14, 2008, at 6:46 PM, Uriel wrote: > >> I wonder why was stderr invented... >> >> uriel > > Oh yes, that's also something I can explain. Some programmers use the > definitions literally: "stderr is not used for a progress bar, make > stdprog." > > -----BEGIN PGP SIGNATURE----- > Version: GnuPG v1.4.8 (Darwin) > > iEYEARECAAYFAkkeDv4ACgkQuv7AVNQDs+xlbgCgojH8sYTwAZD6eeDLqadaTcSF > PTkAoK8PCMy7E2THjG34kwNhKjKvvyWl > =EYFS > -----END PGP SIGNATURE----- > >
