On Thu, May 30, 2013 at 11:43 AM, Larry Martell <[email protected]> wrote:
>>>>>>> Because a cat is a terrible thing to waste.
>>>>>>>
>>
>> It goes back to the days of expensive computing resources when every
>> process mattered (the days of wooden computers and iron
>> programmers...).
>
> Exactly - it mattered once, but doesn't today.
No, efficiency always matters - it is just that people who can afford
to waste resources don't care and people who make commissions on
selling the supplies actively discourage it. You probably wouldn't
make a pipeline of cat|cat|cat|cat to get input somewhere so why use
even one?
--
Les Mikesell
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