On Wed, Dec 2, 2009 at 3:30 PM, Bodaniel Jeanes <[email protected]> wrote:
> I completely disagree. That's a great example of a change for usability's >> sake. <, >, ^ is a consistent way of redirecting io streams. 2> is arbitrary >> to begin with and I know that at least I have trouble remembering the syntax >> at times. Doesn't break usage in git, it just changes it, but that's just >> because git chooses to use ^, and it's a problem easily solved. >> > It's nothing to do with usability—typing ^ instead of 2> isn't any more "usable". It's just obsessive tweaking with no regard for convention. 2> has been the standard for decades. Saving one character isn't worth changing all that. — ben_h -- You received this message because you are subscribed to the Google Groups "Ruby or Rails Oceania" group. To post to this group, send email to [email protected]. To unsubscribe from this group, send email to [email protected]. For more options, visit this group at http://groups.google.com/group/rails-oceania?hl=en.
