On 07/12/2007, Brian <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > On 7 Dec 2007 at 18:30, David Kastrup wrote: > > Focus. You seem to confuse this thread with a general "bash GNU" > > thread. Your argument that the boundaries of an operating system are to > > be defined by triviality was nonsense. That you don't like cat's > > options does not change that at all. > > No more nonsensical than your attempt to define the boundaries of an > operating system to be the userspace utilities that GNU happen to have > produced.
Yes, programs that are defined by POSIX as part of an operating system interface. Of course they should be included. -- Noah Slater <http://bytesexual.org/> "Creativity can be a social contribution, but only in so far as society is free to use the results." - R. Stallman _______________________________________________ gnu-misc-discuss mailing list [email protected] http://lists.gnu.org/mailman/listinfo/gnu-misc-discuss
