2026-10-25 21:10 UTC
Yeah, and Unix is built around the paradigm of letting people build the tools they need. People are supposed to be skilled in using the computer as a tool to accomplish tasks.
Originally, IT wasn’t a defined business function. Scientists, accountants, and others, were given access to compute resources, and they were expected to learn the tools to master their jobs. Part of that, was learning how to program the computers.
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@arty@feddit.org 2026-10-26 13:59
People are supposed to be skilled Software is supposed to make simple things simple, while complex things should be possible. I’d expect iterating over a list of files to be simple, but everyone has to remember to include special handling of whitespaces in filenames. That’s just one example.