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=-1.0 required=5.0 tests=MAILING_LIST_MULTI autolearn=ham autolearn_force=no version=3.4.4 Received: (qmail 2990 invoked from network); 12 Dec 2022 21:35:36 -0000 Received: from minnie.tuhs.org (50.116.15.146) by inbox.vuxu.org with ESMTPUTF8; 12 Dec 2022 21:35:36 -0000 Received: from minnie.tuhs.org (localhost [IPv6:::1]) by minnie.tuhs.org (Postfix) with ESMTP id 8F85941C70; Tue, 13 Dec 2022 07:34:58 +1000 (AEST) Received: from nsstlmta08p.bpe.bigpond.com (nsstlmta08p.bpe.bigpond.com [203.38.21.8]) by minnie.tuhs.org (Postfix) with ESMTPS id D5F3241C6B for ; Tue, 13 Dec 2022 07:34:51 +1000 (AEST) Received: from smtp.telstra.com ([10.10.24.4]) by nsstlfep08p-svc.bpe.nexus.telstra.com.au with ESMTP id <20221212213449.DINQ7221.nsstlfep08p-svc.bpe.nexus.telstra.com.au@smtp.telstra.com> for ; Tue, 13 Dec 2022 08:34:49 +1100 X-RG-Spam: Unknown X-RazorGate-Vade: gggruggvucftvghtrhhoucdtuddrgedvhedrvdekgdduvdeiucetufdoteggodetrfdotffvucfrrhhofhhilhgvmecuuffpveftpgfvgffnuffvtfetpdfqfgfvnecuuegrihhlohhuthemucegtddtnecunecujfgurhepfffhvffujgfkfhgfgggtsehttddttddtredvnecuhfhrohhmpeffrghvvgcujfhorhhsfhgrlhhluceouggrvhgvsehhohhrshhfrghllhdrohhrgheqnecuggftrfgrthhtvghrnhepkeeiteejueeuhfefgeeuvdduieefvedugfevtdffkefhffejkefhuddtteehtefhnecukfhppeduuddtrddugedurdduleefrddvfeefnecuvehluhhsthgvrhfuihiivgeptdenucfrrghrrghmpehhvghloheprghnvghurhhinhdrhhhorhhsfhgrlhhlrdhorhhgpdhinhgvthepuddutddrudeguddrudelfedrvdeffedpmhgrihhlfhhrohhmpegurghvvgeshhhorhhsfhgrlhhlrdhorhhgpdhnsggprhgtphhtthhopedupdhrtghpthhtohepthhuhhhssehtuhhhshdrohhrghdprhgvvhfkrfeptghpvgdquddutddqudeguddqudelfedqvdeffedrnhhsfidrrghsphdrthgvlhhsthhrrgdrnhgvthdpghgvohfkrfeptegfpdfovfetjfhoshhtpehnshhsthhlrhhgudduphdqshhvtg X-RazorGate-Vade-Verdict: clean 0 X-RazorGate-Vade-Classification: clean X-RG-VS-CLASS: clean Received: from aneurin.horsfall.org (110.141.193.233) by smtp.telstra.com (5.8.812) id 6392A87C00AF9B96 for tuhs@tuhs.org; Tue, 13 Dec 2022 08:34:48 +1100 Received: from aneurin.horsfall.org (localhost [127.0.0.1]) by aneurin.horsfall.org (8.15.2/8.15.2) with ESMTP id 2BCLYmQ2004315 for ; Tue, 13 Dec 2022 08:34:48 +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 2BCLYldV004312 for ; Tue, 13 Dec 2022 08:34:48 +1100 (EST) (envelope-from dave@horsfall.org) X-Authentication-Warning: aneurin.horsfall.org: dave owned process doing -bs Date: Tue, 13 Dec 2022 08:34:47 +1100 (EST) From: Dave Horsfall To: The Eunuchs Hysterical Society In-Reply-To: <20221211200327.GC8801@mcvoy.com> Message-ID: References: <9QJtlCA0hfDuNuwOqorx1uC2eSGOiIBu0hgsVAaKclEWUw4Gi9PAjJoZgcOF7W6rRCw4XqM3wBZMavgF_HEH4GR2WuczKF5w_tZAjAXgzlE=@protonmail.com> <3161f965-99d2-4f7a-aa35-a30837ae8e37@home.arpa> <7e7aed8b-30c6-4704-8fbf-4faee5a48a79@home.arpa> <20221211200327.GC8801@mcvoy.com> 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 Message-ID-Hash: QJYQNB6L5ULDXNQKQFR7BUNT4CVOT3HY X-Message-ID-Hash: QJYQNB6L5ULDXNQKQFR7BUNT4CVOT3HY X-MailFrom: dave@horsfall.org X-Mailman-Rule-Misses: dmarc-mitigation; no-senders; approved; emergency; loop; banned-address; member-moderation; header-match-tuhs.tuhs.org-0; nonmember-moderation; administrivia; implicit-dest; max-recipients; max-size; news-moderation; no-subject; digests; suspicious-header X-Mailman-Version: 3.3.6b1 Precedence: list Subject: [TUHS] Re: Stdin Redirect in Cu History/Alternatives? List-Id: The Unix Heritage Society mailing list Archived-At: List-Archive: List-Help: List-Owner: List-Post: List-Subscribe: List-Unsubscribe: On Sun, 11 Dec 2022, Larry McVoy wrote: > > I've always used the maxim "Write code as though the next person to > > maintain it is an axe-wielding psychopath who knows where you live". > > My main job, for the 20 years until I retired, was to keep telling > people that code that you wrote 6 months ago might as well have been > written by someone else. Optimize for reading the code, not writing the > code. It's read many. I should clarify that on the odd occasion that I write obscure code it's for efficiency, and I comment it well because *I* might be the one to maintain it six months hence :-) -- Dave