On Wednesday 21 December 2005 21:44, Brett McCoy wrote: > I. I. Ooisen wrote: > >>No, it's a very powerful way of working with a computer. > > > > i must emphasize it, and i will: > > > > "command line", THE WAY WE SEE IT NOW, is a primitive way to put a > > computer to work. > > I think your use of the word "primitive" is incorrect. Using commands > to interact with a computer is no more primitive than reading words > in a book to receive information (as opposed to receiving information > purely visually, as with a movie or TV). Both have their place > (syntactical interaction versus graphical interaction), I don't think > one is better or worse than the other. you are saying just what i was saying, but, for some plausible reasons, you feel like you disagree to what i am saying. i guess i didn't make myself clear enough, so i will try again. i think gui is even more primitive than command line, since it reverts us to the animal state... (all those yes/no switches actually remind me of the times when people couldn't sign their name and had to "use their finger".) so i obviously was not comparing command line to gui! i was comparing command line of today to command line of tomorrow. by this, i was trying to explain why so many people fear command line. i love command line, it's just that it is still in its infancy. hopefully i made myself clear this time :) > -- Brett __________________________________________________ Do You Yahoo!? Tired of spam? Yahoo! Mail has the best spam protection around http://mail.yahoo.com
