On 2013-07-10 18:03:07 -0400, Sean McBeth wrote: > -- Embrace more of the Unix philosophy of small programs doing one thing > well. You cannot deny that programs like ls, cd, mkdir, grep, etc. have > lasted a very, very long time and have no need for being changed (beyond > the occasional discovery of defects).
It's interesting that you mention these examples. While `ls` and `cd` are less likely to be superceded, a lot of other unix utilities are improved or replaced by competitors. For `grep` there is `ack` for example. There are many versions of the `locate` utility, many competing ntpds, fetchmails, many pagers, and so on. It seems like in these cases what's more important is the "service" (or perhaps "interface") that is provided. Cheers, Asumu ____________________ Racket Users list: http://lists.racket-lang.org/users
