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From: Clem Cole <clemc@ccc.com>
To: Larry McVoy <lm@mcvoy.com>
Cc: TUHS main list <tuhs@minnie.tuhs.org>
Subject: Re: [TUHS] run commands at login in v6 and stty
Date: Sun, 27 Feb 2022 12:10:09 -0500	[thread overview]
Message-ID: <CAC20D2Ox+iKhWRRSBypiJto1ejkr0yfSL=TuR202jTxbRTmwvA@mail.gmail.com> (raw)
In-Reply-To: <20220227150155.GG21168@mcvoy.com>

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On Sun, Feb 27, 2022 at 10:01 AM Larry McVoy <lm@mcvoy.com> wrote:

> So while I understand (I think) Rob's distaste for #ifdef, I've been very
> grateful for it when I needed it.
>
Yep - like symlinks -- useful feature when appropriately used in specific
moderation where they really do help.  But both are like giving whiskey to
teenagers, so don't be surprised when the result is catastrophic.

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  reply	other threads:[~2022-02-27 17:12 UTC|newest]

Thread overview: 20+ messages / expand[flat|nested]  mbox.gz  Atom feed  top
2022-02-26 20:39 Will Senn
2022-02-26 21:03 ` Michael Kjörling
2022-02-26 22:49 ` Clem Cole
2022-02-26 23:12   ` Rob Pike
2022-02-27  0:46     ` Clem Cole
2022-02-27 15:01     ` Larry McVoy
2022-02-27 17:10       ` Clem Cole [this message]
2022-02-26 21:45 Brian Walden
2022-02-26 22:16 ` Rob Pike
2022-02-27 20:32 ` Sven Mascheck
2022-02-27  7:48 Noel Chiappa
2022-02-28  1:04 Douglas McIlroy
2022-02-28  7:22 ` Rob Pike
2022-02-28 14:07   ` Larry McVoy
2022-02-28 18:47     ` Dan Cross
2022-02-28 19:25       ` Dan Cross
2022-02-28 21:25         ` markus schnalke
2022-02-28 19:26       ` Clem Cole
2022-02-28 20:03         ` Adam Thornton
2022-02-28 18:18 ` Warner Losh

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