6 May
2002
6 May
'02
9:02 a.m.
On Monday 06 May 2002 14:52, you wrote:
If you configure *nix well, it's still cryptic and
impenetrable to the
uninitiated.
> Honestly, though, if you'd like a system that a monkey can use,
> it must only do things which a monkey would like to do. ;)
That's a point that's difficult to dispute.
On the otherhand, if you do away with the character that makes
it so "cryptic" ( make it act like the other crap )
Then its value is lost.
As for me, its savior was bash and the editor in mc
Unix, for years, shipped with a editor nobody could use
and backspace key that did not work, and seemed rigged
deliberate to prevent anyone but a machosist from
ever learning enough to discover the power lurking
therein, by sending all who dare attempt away
frustrated and with a new object for their HATE.
Linux is the first nix i saw that came out of the install
with a working backspace key and several editors
that a person new to Unix could use.
I credit these two things for its success, no longer
did it have two most fierce deterrents to learning.
Raymond