Re: Which one shall I choose?

[Tim Hammerquist <tim@vegeta.ath.cx>]

Robin S. Socha graced us by uttering:
[ snip ]
> Because it sucks dick?

This is an excellent tactic to solve discussions, I think.  A little
mud-flinging always convinces your audience you're right.

> > Just a straight unix attitude - use a right tool for your tasks ;-).
> 
> The straight Unix attitude is to use tools that work. That rules out
> procmail.

I've heard something different entirely: "Do one thing and do it well."

But to look at something a little more definitive
<http://hebb.cis.uoguelph.ca/~dave/27320/new/unixphil.html>, the nine
"tenets" of the Unix Philosophy:

   1. small is beautiful
   2. make each program do one thing well
   3. build a prototype as soon as possible
   4. choose portability over efficiency
   5. store numerical data in flat files
   6. use software leverage to your advantage
   7. use shell scripts to increase leverage and portability
   8. avoid captive user interfaces
   9. make every program a filter

(1) doesn't say much for Emacs, but (4) certainly speaks better of Emacs
than mutt (see other discussion)

More specifically, a better mantra would be "Use what works... for you."
The practice of telling others what they should use despite their wishes
seems decisively Redmond-esqe.  MDAs, MTAs, MUAs are all to be
modular in a unix system.

Tim Hammerquist
-- 
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