From mboxrd@z Thu Jan 1 00:00:00 1970 X-Spam-Checker-Version: SpamAssassin 3.4.4 (2020-01-24) on inbox.vuxu.org X-Spam-Level: X-Spam-Status: No, score=-1.1 required=5.0 tests=DKIM_SIGNED,DKIM_VALID, DKIM_VALID_AU,MAILING_LIST_MULTI,RCVD_IN_DNSWL_NONE autolearn=ham autolearn_force=no version=3.4.4 Received: (qmail 5898 invoked from network); 3 Aug 2021 19:13:42 -0000 Received: from minnie.tuhs.org (45.79.103.53) by inbox.vuxu.org with ESMTPUTF8; 3 Aug 2021 19:13:42 -0000 Received: by minnie.tuhs.org (Postfix, from userid 112) id 095429CABB; Wed, 4 Aug 2021 05:13:39 +1000 (AEST) Received: from minnie.tuhs.org (localhost [127.0.0.1]) by minnie.tuhs.org (Postfix) with ESMTP id CDD8F9CAA5; Wed, 4 Aug 2021 05:13:08 +1000 (AEST) Authentication-Results: minnie.tuhs.org; dkim=pass (2048-bit key; unprotected) header.d=dartmouth.edu header.i=@dartmouth.edu header.b="cWs/Z496"; dkim-atps=neutral Received: by minnie.tuhs.org (Postfix, from userid 112) id A47E39CAA5; Wed, 4 Aug 2021 05:13:05 +1000 (AEST) Received: from mail-wr1-f53.google.com (mail-wr1-f53.google.com [209.85.221.53]) by minnie.tuhs.org (Postfix) with ESMTPS id 043149CAA4 for ; Wed, 4 Aug 2021 05:13:05 +1000 (AEST) Received: by mail-wr1-f53.google.com with SMTP id j2so26361623wrx.9 for ; Tue, 03 Aug 2021 12:13:04 -0700 (PDT) DKIM-Signature: v=1; a=rsa-sha256; c=relaxed/relaxed; d=dartmouth.edu; s=google1; h=mime-version:from:date:message-id:subject:to; bh=Atm4OIMxvNYJO6HS+6nnGtyKgQQnqWF6WMeBWsguiM4=; b=cWs/Z496pb/WHMYHM92QX+fEn78yo1X+b6dFpWM8fPGpXF5sBIZTfAmF0FPBfCMMZQ LmSzNxJwDAEiY9GTwO1fkISolbqyWXLlXyilPf1FeZK37J04LWK3UfVov3x6KmOSeSGb eRIuQaXp91TP9ts8lijgGx2Gy4p25JXbsKD4+CbqfYhpBafuGifAPG28mHxFSRYkxtWI QuJ8Umqj7JADeyggWiwEuC9vY6PBzD+eM8tiZnYIg457WP/v/H/TzP2JDx9bc9r/Z/kv JV/9+pMxzHqcQooHYi8pMiY6j2SrYQ9jXjPwOwb3npKufN78/RGeTjHtRj2rKDn2z/I2 ALcg== X-Google-DKIM-Signature: v=1; a=rsa-sha256; c=relaxed/relaxed; d=1e100.net; s=20161025; h=x-gm-message-state:mime-version:from:date:message-id:subject:to; bh=Atm4OIMxvNYJO6HS+6nnGtyKgQQnqWF6WMeBWsguiM4=; b=CO+OUJdQeopbke3Hxu0R5udw4IuUfFu/O7jI/Le4nmmgp5PlCvVvpDisIlva4BIGoX kdM6TP6pBEfQhK72Ag8tA+w5mku8grg5UTR8v05G5xJspTt+FxhwiTI1obxfq81QYzn1 XkxOhjC4FIx4uYeDUrPqtz7jov9+5F13a/2sfIrbq1D7Wk0DthQwsZZsQ0qRaf6e6Dxw SzSO0/L0MfgXI12EekmdQAQo3YsmdjpzgaN13GZ7/5Mky8kEFmvdLfMHxl2DETTCz2iA XGX6fLJ+BCbffz532n0lgBzYJaQ1Cf5ZWu7YDI4ZjNiSJ9YBOnZaaZGT3aARKGFWhYEh qEzw== X-Gm-Message-State: AOAM531Ls1rRHTKnN0tcN5jm6y9gB9V0L/GUIR19aO7hgF5e5v+EyYTp ecB4/l3Ri7yOs1PU01UXiaKaNTocu3IDjOw6pHQvVldxsh7JCg== X-Google-Smtp-Source: ABdhPJz9pnvG1aCbm/D+qg5Gd6Jjcaxe9oGltn5u+PqwYoHTQeK4RBNuiDMOKfxF2b0OSC4Q+YihrQgoAFdyRM+7yEM= X-Received: by 2002:adf:fa11:: with SMTP id m17mr24637835wrr.150.1628017983290; Tue, 03 Aug 2021 12:13:03 -0700 (PDT) MIME-Version: 1.0 From: Douglas McIlroy Date: Tue, 3 Aug 2021 15:12:48 -0400 Message-ID: To: The Eunuchs Hysterical Society Content-Type: text/plain; charset="UTF-8" Subject: [TUHS] Systematic approach to command-line interfaces 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: , Errors-To: tuhs-bounces@minnie.tuhs.org Sender: "TUHS" > Go gets us part of the way there, but cross-machine messaging is still a mess. Shed a tear for Plan 9 (Pike yet again). While many of its secondary innovations have been stuffed into Linux; its animating principle--transparently distributable computing--could not overcome the enormous inertia of installed BSD-model systems. Doug