Comments on: If I hear the term “powerful command line” one more time… http://www.nirak.net/2007/02/08/if-i-hear-the-term-powerful-command-line-one-more-time/ Karin Dalziel Thu, 21 Aug 2008 20:56:07 +0000 http://wordpress.org/?v=2.6 By: Karin Dalziel http://www.nirak.net/2007/02/08/if-i-hear-the-term-powerful-command-line-one-more-time/#comment-21 Karin Dalziel Sat, 24 Feb 2007 13:23:30 +0000 http://nirak.net/testsite/?p=43#comment-21 I have read "In the Beginning was the Command Line by Neal Stephenson." Great book! I have read “In the Beginning was the Command Line by Neal Stephenson.” Great book!

]]> By: Michael http://www.nirak.net/2007/02/08/if-i-hear-the-term-powerful-command-line-one-more-time/#comment-20 Michael Fri, 23 Feb 2007 15:45:06 +0000 http://nirak.net/testsite/?p=43#comment-20 Delicate makes me think "fragile", and that's antithetical to the Linux I know. Elegant? Beautiful? The command line isn't powerful by itself, I think. It's the small, sharp tools that are manipulated via the command line. Not having a monolithic program to do stuff means there's greater likelihood that it'll work the way I want, rather than the way some programmer thought it ought to. Have you read In the Beginning was the Command Line by Neal Stephenson? http://www.cryptonomicon.com/beginning.html Delicate makes me think “fragile”, and that’s antithetical to the Linux I know. Elegant? Beautiful?

The command line isn’t powerful by itself, I think. It’s the small, sharp tools that are manipulated via the command line. Not having a monolithic program to do stuff means there’s greater likelihood that it’ll work the way I want, rather than the way some programmer thought it ought to.

Have you read In the Beginning was the Command Line by Neal Stephenson? http://www.cryptonomicon.com/beginning.html

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