17 Jun
2024
17 Jun
'24
12:50 a.m.
At Sun, 16 Jun 2024 15:48:15 +1000, Alexis <flexibeast(a)gmail.com> wrote:
Subject: [TUHS] Re: Version 256 of systemd boasts '42% less Unix philosophy' The
Register
Here's an excerpt from something i wrote
on the Gentoo forum back in April:
> [[...]] the situation on
> Linux was a mess. Many of the (usually
> volunteers) who maintain packages for
> Linux don't want to have to learn the
> complexities of shell scripting and the
> subtle issues that can arise
That pretty much says it all about the state of the GNU/linux world
right there.
In the "Unix world" everyone learns shell scripting, some better than
others of course, and some hate it at the same time too, but I would say
from my experience it's a given. You either learn shell scripting or
you are "just a user" (even if you also write application code).
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