On 31/03/2020 04:43, Alexei Starovoitov wrote: > On Mon, Mar 30, 2020 at 04:25:07PM +0100, Edward Cree wrote: >> Everything that a human operator can do, so can any program with the >> same capabilities/wheel bits. Especially as the API that the >> operator-tool uses *will* be open and documented. The Unix Way does >> not allow unscriptable interfaces, and heavily frowns at any kind of >> distinction between 'humans' and 'programs'. > can you share a link on such philosophy? It's not quite as explicit about it as I'd like, but http://www.catb.org/esr/writings/taoup/html/ch01s06.html#id2877684 is the closest I can find right now. -ed