On Sb, 15 feb 20, 20:17:07, Charles Curley wrote: > On Sat, 15 Feb 2020 14:03:02 -0700 > ghe <g...@slsware.net> wrote: > > > Until recently, the *nix communities have stuck pretty well to these > > recommendations -- they're just descriptions of competent programming, > > after all. There may be some discussion over the definitions of "one > > thing" and "well" but there is software in our Linux that, I think, > > doesn't conform to anybody's understanding of these maxims. > > And then there are the exceptions that illustrate the rule. Emacs, > LibreOffice and systemd (all of which I use, not necessarily > enthusiastically) come to mind.
... as well as Linux (the kernel), grub, u-boot, busybox, GCC, vim, apache / nginx, mc, (neo)mutt, etc. and that is not even including GUI programs. If you truly believe in this principle without any exception throw away your Swiss army knife / Leatherman now. Kind regards, Andrei -- http://wiki.debian.org/FAQsFromDebianUser
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