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

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