From mboxrd@z Thu Jan 1 00:00:00 1970 Return-Path: X-Spam-Checker-Version: SpamAssassin 3.4.2 (2018-09-13) on inbox.vuxu.org X-Spam-Level: X-Spam-Status: No, score=-1.0 required=5.0 tests=HEADER_FROM_DIFFERENT_DOMAINS, MAILING_LIST_MULTI,RCVD_IN_DNSWL_NONE autolearn=ham autolearn_force=no version=3.4.2 Received: from minnie.tuhs.org (minnie.tuhs.org [45.79.103.53]) by inbox.vuxu.org (OpenSMTPD) with ESMTP id 306f7aa7 for ; Fri, 20 Sep 2019 15:03:46 +0000 (UTC) Received: by minnie.tuhs.org (Postfix, from userid 112) id 144639BC07; Sat, 21 Sep 2019 01:03:45 +1000 (AEST) Received: from minnie.tuhs.org (localhost [127.0.0.1]) by minnie.tuhs.org (Postfix) with ESMTP id 88E7F947C7; Sat, 21 Sep 2019 01:03:22 +1000 (AEST) Received: by minnie.tuhs.org (Postfix, from userid 112) id 2AACB947C7; Sat, 21 Sep 2019 01:03:19 +1000 (AEST) Received: from sdaoden.eu (sdaoden.eu [217.144.132.164]) by minnie.tuhs.org (Postfix) with ESMTPS id 4FE0A94792 for ; Sat, 21 Sep 2019 01:03:18 +1000 (AEST) Received: by sdaoden.eu (Postfix, from userid 1000) id 60F7916054; Fri, 20 Sep 2019 17:03:16 +0200 (CEST) Date: Fri, 20 Sep 2019 17:03:14 +0200 From: Steffen Nurpmeso To: "John P. Linderman" Message-ID: <20190920150314.3iquv%steffen@sdaoden.eu> In-Reply-To: <20190920134137.DXBTo%steffen@sdaoden.eu> References: <1568916649.17313.for-standards-violators@oclsc.org> <20190919194415.Tp6NO%steffen@sdaoden.eu> <20190920134137.DXBTo%steffen@sdaoden.eu> Mail-Followup-To: "John P. Linderman" , Norman Wilson , The Eunuchs Hysterical Society User-Agent: s-nail v14.9.15-68-ge75b4fd9 OpenPGP: id=EE19E1C1F2F7054F8D3954D8308964B51883A0DD; url=https://ftp.sdaoden.eu/steffen.asc; preference=signencrypt BlahBlahBlah: Any stupid boy can crush a beetle. But all the professors in the world can make no bugs. MIME-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: text/plain; charset=utf-8 Content-Transfer-Encoding: quoted-printable Subject: Re: [TUHS] earliest Unix roff X-BeenThere: tuhs@minnie.tuhs.org X-Mailman-Version: 2.1.26 Precedence: list List-Id: The Unix Heritage Society mailing list List-Unsubscribe: , List-Archive: List-Post: List-Help: List-Subscribe: , Cc: The Eunuchs Hysterical Society Errors-To: tuhs-bounces@minnie.tuhs.org Sender: "TUHS" Steffen Nurpmeso wrote in <20190920134137.DXBTo%steffen@sdaoden.eu>: |John P. Linderman wrote in : ... ||There is a place for a concise=C2=A0description=C2=A0of each command, an= d a \ ||separate \ ||place for tutorials and conference papers. ... |Also, easy it is to concisely document that -n chooses a numeric |sort, and -r reverses the result order, but=20 | | -b addr, --bcc=3D.. | Send a blind carbon copy to recipient addr. | |can result in dead-end or otherwise misunderstood situations |unless you really know that particular manual is stripped down, |and the reference manual makes this ... And i want to clarify that we talk about a program which does not behave the way a user would normally expect, where normally is that the mail is sent to all recipients. In an academic or a lab environment you can ask someone, or go over and say "Hi Ken" or "Hi Kurt", "your program misbehaves". But in the wild people will simply start to mistrust a program, or stop using it right away. In 99 percent you will not even get a bug report or hear just about anything. (Except maybe for the most popular and widely used programs.) And then all the work, the blood sweat and tears have been for nothing. --steffen | |Der Kragenbaer, The moon bear, |der holt sich munter he cheerfully and one by one |einen nach dem anderen runter wa.ks himself off |(By Robert Gernhardt)