>> FWIW, I just asked some linux guys about the linux behavior and the >> answer was "we sell rope". > That would be my answer too, though I'd probably phrase it as not > preventing you from doing stupid things because it would also prevent > you from doing clever things.
(I know, replying to myself is bad form.) Perhaps most important, to me, is that "I can't think of a use for it" is a really bad reason to actively forbid an otherwise meaningful operation. Except as I noted, I can't think of a use for it either - but I am not confident it has no use, and I *definitely* am not sure enough nobody will ever find a use to think it's a good idea to actively forbid it. /~\ The ASCII Mouse \ / Ribbon Campaign X Against HTML [email protected] / \ Email! 7D C8 61 52 5D E7 2D 39 4E F1 31 3E E8 B3 27 4B
