On Sun, Oct 31, 2004 at 03:13:02PM -0800, Steve wrote: > On Sun, 2004-10-31 at 13:54, Jacob Meuser wrote: > > On Sun, Oct 31, 2004 at 01:38:05PM -0800, [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: > > > > > Further in your lengthy post, you mentioned that there aren't really any > > > friendly tools, just a bunch of programs with a specific function that'll > > > let you do what you want. This is how UNIX works, it's design philosophy. > > > I always recommend to folks that, while using UNIX, they learn the UNIX > > > way, as it's the least painful route in the long run. > > > > heh, the UNIX way is RTFM. IMO it's very sad (and extremely annoying) > > that people complain that they have to read before doing :( > > Very true. Another Unix philosophy is "There's always more than one > right way". I guess you can't blame someone for seeing, what he feels to > be, a better way and implementing it. Besides, even though some don't > agree with how and why the script came to be there's probably some value > in the exercise.
oh, for sure. I was not trying to imply that what Horst did was foolish, surely he must have read some documentation somewhere along the way ... unless he just has innate python ability ;) plus, he did fully describe what he was doing! -- <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> > > _______________________________________________ > EUGLUG mailing list > [EMAIL PROTECTED] > http://www.euglug.org/mailman/listinfo/euglug _______________________________________________ EUGLUG mailing list [EMAIL PROTECTED] http://www.euglug.org/mailman/listinfo/euglug
