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Re: *nix



On Sat, 15 Feb 2020 14:03:02 -0700
ghe <ghe@slsware.net> wrote:

> Until recently, the *nix communities have stuck pretty well to these
> recommendations -- they're just descriptions of competent programming,
> after all. There may be some discussion over the definitions of "one
> thing" and "well" but there is software in our Linux that, I think,
> doesn't conform to anybody's understanding of these maxims.

And then there are the exceptions that illustrate the rule. Emacs,
LibreOffice and systemd (all of which I use, not necessarily
enthusiastically) come to mind.

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