> You hadn't made that clear in your previous posts. i think i was absolutely clear that i was "pro-cli". these are some fragments of the very post to which you answered as though you thought i was "anti-cli": 1. 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. (quite strong an emphasis, clear too) 2. command line will *always* matter. "the logos" can always express things which the image or sound themselves will never be able to. so i don't think command line will _ever_ become obsolete. not even if we will connect our mind directly to the computer. 3. in fact, as soon as we can "talk" to the computer, the command "line" will be the most... modern way to talk to computers. no way for it to ever become obsolete. > I don't agree that the GUI reverts us to the animal state, it's just > another way of ok... but don't you even agree to its non-rhetorical / non-exaggerated version? :) if not, then please tell me to which premise you disagree and how strongly: { 1. gui reverts us to concrete, less abstract, experience 2. decreasing abstraction level is anti-evolutionary ergo gui reverts evolution } thanks. __________________________________________________ Do You Yahoo!? Tired of spam? Yahoo! Mail has the best spam protection around http://mail.yahoo.com