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 35d6cd95 for ; Tue, 4 Dec 2018 07:49:42 +0000 (UTC) Received: by minnie.tuhs.org (Postfix, from userid 112) id 5302AA208D; Tue, 4 Dec 2018 17:49:41 +1000 (AEST) Received: from minnie.tuhs.org (localhost [127.0.0.1]) by minnie.tuhs.org (Postfix) with ESMTP id D1A6C9E883; Tue, 4 Dec 2018 17:49:06 +1000 (AEST) Received: by minnie.tuhs.org (Postfix, from userid 112) id 62C899E883; Tue, 4 Dec 2018 17:49:03 +1000 (AEST) Received: from viclamta04p.bpe.bigpond.com (viclamta04p.bpe.bigpond.com [203.38.21.68]) by minnie.tuhs.org (Postfix) with ESMTPS id 4568F94A37 for ; Tue, 4 Dec 2018 17:49:02 +1000 (AEST) Received: from smtp.telstra.com ([10.10.26.4]) by viclafep04p-svc.bpe.nexus.telstra.com.au with ESMTP id <20181204074859.WHSA27836.viclafep04p-svc.bpe.nexus.telstra.com.au@smtp.telstra.com> for ; Tue, 4 Dec 2018 18:48:59 +1100 X-RG-Spam: Unknown X-RazorGate-Vade-Verdict: clean 0 X-RazorGate-Vade-Classification: clean X-RazorGate-Vade: gggruggvucftvghtrhhoucdtuddrgedtkedrudefvddguddufecutefuodetggdotefrodftvfcurfhrohhfihhlvgemucfupfevtfgpvffgnffuvfftteenuceurghilhhouhhtmecufedttdenucenucfjughrpeffhffvufgjkfhffgggtgesthdttddttdervdenucfhrhhomhepffgrvhgvucfjohhrshhfrghllhcuoegurghvvgeshhhorhhsfhgrlhhlrdhorhhgqeenucfkphepuddutddrudeguddrudelfedrvdeffeenucfrrghrrghmpehhvghloheprghnvghurhhinhdrhhhorhhsfhgrlhhlrdhorhhgpdhinhgvthepuddutddrudeguddrudelfedrvdeffedpmhgrihhlfhhrohhmpeeouggrvhgvsehhohhrshhfrghllhdrohhrgheqpdhrtghpthhtohepoehtuhhhshesthhuhhhsrdhorhhgqeenucevlhhushhtvghrufhiiigvpedt X-RG-VS-CLASS: clean Received: from aneurin.horsfall.org (110.141.193.233) by smtp.telstra.com (9.0.019.26-1) id 5BB3FB500B32B363 for tuhs@tuhs.org; Tue, 4 Dec 2018 18:48:59 +1100 Received: from aneurin.horsfall.org (localhost [127.0.0.1]) by aneurin.horsfall.org (8.15.2/8.15.2) with ESMTP id wB47mwfk072218 for ; Tue, 4 Dec 2018 18:48:58 +1100 (EST) (envelope-from dave@horsfall.org) Received: from localhost (dave@localhost) by aneurin.horsfall.org (8.15.2/8.15.2/Submit) with ESMTP id wB47mvCN072215 for ; Tue, 4 Dec 2018 18:48:58 +1100 (EST) (envelope-from dave@horsfall.org) X-Authentication-Warning: aneurin.horsfall.org: dave owned process doing -bs Date: Tue, 4 Dec 2018 18:48:56 +1100 (EST) From: Dave Horsfall To: The Eunuchs Hysterical Society In-Reply-To: Message-ID: References: <1543705783.3909.for-standards-violators@oclsc.org> User-Agent: Alpine 2.21.9999 (BSF 287 2018-06-16) X-GPG-Public-Key: http://www.horsfall.org/gpgkey.pub X-GPG-Fingerprint: 05B4 FFBC 0218 B438 66E0 587B EF46 7357 EF5E F58B X-Home-Page: http://www.horsfall.org/ X-Witty-Saying: "chmod 666 the_mode_of_the_beast" MIME-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: text/plain; charset=US-ASCII; format=flowed Subject: Re: [TUHS] man-page style X-BeenThere: tuhs@minnie.tuhs.org X-Mailman-Version: 2.1.20 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" On Sun, 2 Dec 2018, Warner Losh wrote: > And anyone who has not edited sendmail.cf (shudder!) is not a > programmer. > > Blind, write-only programming at its finest. Trial and error until you > think there's no more error. Think. I can only say one thing: APL\360... Now, *there* was a write-only language. Oh, the stories that I could tell. -- Dave