From mboxrd@z Thu Jan 1 00:00:00 1970 From: John Stalker To: Fans of the OS Plan 9 from Bell Labs <9fans@9fans.net> In-reply-to: <544954.87352.qm@web83908.mail.sp1.yahoo.com> References: <544954.87352.qm@web83908.mail.sp1.yahoo.com> MIME-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: text/plain; charset="us-ascii" Content-ID: <290.1254852019.1@kryten> Date: Tue, 6 Oct 2009 19:00:29 +0100 Message-ID: <200910061900.ab25356@salmon.maths.tcd.ie> Subject: Re: [9fans] mishandling empty lists - let's fix it Topicbox-Message-UUID: 81500c76-ead5-11e9-9d60-3106f5b1d025 > If you view these tools as primarily programs that act on files > listed on the command line, then you would prefer some of the > proposals for change that have been made. If you view these tools > as primarily filters to be connected by pipes, then the command > line arguments are just conveniences so as not to type < and > as > often. Then you prefer the tools as they have been. I don't want to extend further a discussion which is clearly already past its ``sell by'' date, but didn't you mean the other way around? The inconsistencies in current UNIX/p9 seem to cater to simple interactive use at the expense both of scripts and of more complex interactive use. -- John Stalker School of Mathematics Trinity College Dublin tel +353 1 896 1983 fax +353 1 896 2282