Bob Proulx wrote: > After 40 years of use I consider most of the core Unix commands to be > fairly mature and I wish their interfaces to remain stable. Stability > allows their long term portable use in scripts. Therefore I feel that > modifications need to have a strong rationale behind them. Meaning > that I am NOT opposed to changes as long as they are well thought out, > discussed openly and implemented cleanly. Interface mistakes hang > around punishing us forever. Transparent development practices reduce > the risk of making long term problems. My goal here is to take part > constructively in the discussion so as to produce the best long term > result for the system.
Well said! I share your views, though not as much of the experience ;O) TAA -- Tony Abou-Assaleh, PhD Email: [email protected] Web site: http://tony.abou-assaleh.net LinkedIn: http://www.linkedin.com/in/tabouasssaleh Twitter: http://twitter.com/tony_aa
