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Linux x86_64; rv:102.0) Gecko/20100101 Thunderbird/102.6.0 Subject: Re: path PATH Content-language: en-US To: =?UTF-8?Q?Lawrence_Vel=c3=a1zquez?= Cc: zsh-users@zsh.org References: <0dc71450-d082-93da-52f8-d4e6b97199af@eastlink.ca> <07323898-9985-4e9f-8b54-c08fd8510fe8@app.fastmail.com> <08102bc6-b331-504f-fcd5-28fa3cdb0e2f@eastlink.ca> <02527b62-5c57-9489-d0c1-10f155145c0a@eastlink.ca> <2a0501e3-c96f-6eb1-32b7-46c212433732@eastlink.ca> From: Ray Andrews In-reply-to: Content-type: text/plain; charset=UTF-8; format=flowed Content-transfer-encoding: 8bit X-Seq: 28737 Archived-At: X-Loop: zsh-users@zsh.org Errors-To: zsh-users-owner@zsh.org Precedence: list Precedence: bulk Sender: zsh-users-request@zsh.org X-no-archive: yes List-Id: List-Help: , List-Subscribe: , List-Unsubscribe: , List-Post: List-Owner: List-Archive: On 2023-01-22 18:59, Lawrence Velázquez wrote: > > I would actually argue that the answer to your strawman question > is "yes", Sure.  Sometimes merely the disk space used by a useless function should recommend it be purged.  I'll leave it to wiser people to make that decision in this case.  I like it, but it's 'official' fate is not my decision. > > What I actually said (as opposed to the lie you just told) is that > I think it is inappropriate for the shell to natively duplicate > functionality that already exists, merely to provide an alternate > visual representation that you personally like better. The output given by DP is unique otherwise it wouldn't have been written.  I'd rather say it harnesses exiting functionality in a useful way.  Every line of  computer software ever written is in some way a duplication of something that might be done by more primitive (using the term non-pejoratively I just mean by more basic) methods.  Programmers assemble simple instructions into more complex collections of instructions to achieve efficiency. DP is an example.  A dozen lines that give a very nice output IMHO. BTW I'm not righteous, I'm a greasy plebe.  I'm usually wrong. This entire thread is a chain of mistakes on my part.  Mistakes within mistakes.  I've been with zsh almost 10 years and I still rate myself a C-.  But I have a talent for clarity and I know it when I see it.   Occasionally I'm right, and this is one of those times.  But there's nothing to argue about, I'm not a dev and the decision is not mine. Your voice will carry far more weight than mine and that's as it should be.  But I like it.