I am indeed a throwback but programs calling stat or stty to examine their
I/O state before deciding how to behave was a shock when I first saw it
done, in Berkeley ls I think, and still feels misguided. I understand the
convenience but not every convenience is good engineering.
-rob
On Fri, Apr 8, 2022 at 7:38 AM Richard Salz <rich.salz(a)gmail.com> wrote:
On Thu, Apr 7, 2022 at 5:13 PM Douglas McIlroy <
douglas.mcilroy(a)dartmouth.edu> wrote:
How would you wish to interact with
/bin/bash >file
I am not sure. I could see the argument either way right now.
On Thu, Apr 7, 2022 at 5:13 PM Douglas McIlroy <
douglas.mcilroy(a)dartmouth.edu> wrote:
How would you wish to interact with
/bin/bash >file
> Doug
>