Michael Witten <mfwitten@xxxxxxxxx>: > On Fri, Apr 23, 2010 at 17:25, Eric Raymond <esr@xxxxxxxxxxx> wrote: > > Commands that are simpler > > to mentally model, because they don't have a lot of exception cases, > > are better. > > The UNIX philosophy: "Provide mechanism, not policy." And commands that are simple, orthogonal, and easy to mentally model do that. You get to provide the policy you want by scripting them. -- <a href="http://www.catb.org/~esr/";>Eric S. Raymond</a> -- To unsubscribe from this list: send the line "unsubscribe git" in the body of a message to majordomo@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxx More majordomo info at http://vger.kernel.org/majordomo-info.html