2014/10/13 2:14 "Andrei POPESCU" <andreimpope...@gmail.com>: > > On Du, 12 oct 14, 10:30:52, The Wanderer wrote: > > On 10/12/2014 at 10:07 AM, Andrei POPESCU wrote: > > > > > Any program that requires additional scripting just to get it running > > > is insufficiently advanced. > > > > > > (you can quote me on that) > > > > Part of the tradeoff for power is responsibility - both in the > > responsibility to use the power wisely, and in the responsibility to do > > things yourself rather than have others do them for you. > > But I'm also aware of the limits of my powers and don't try to do too > much, but instead use the right tool.
Let's gloss over the idea that opinions on what constitutes "the right tool" differ, and ignore the question of what to do when "the right tool" doesn't exist. > > If you don't want the responsibility of writing shell scripts (or other > > scripting), you will have to accept not having the power to do some of > > the things you could do with such scripts. > > As well as avoid some of the mistakes I would (most probably) do. Which is another way of saying that you want others to have already made the mistakes for you. As long as you recognize that somebody has to make the mistakes, and don't mind watching and learning while they do, that's not necessarily a bad thing, given courtesy and quid-pro-quo, of course. > [...] Joel Rees Computer memory is just fancy paper, CPUs just fancy pens. All is a stream of text flowing from the past into the future.
