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RE: Re: path PATH

On Mon, 23 Jan 2023 08:02:10 -0800, Ray Andrews <rayandrews@xxxxxxxxxxx> wrote:
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Sigh.

> On 2023-01-23 07:40, zeurkous@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxx wrote:
>> (In fact, me'd even argue that UNIX could use a "lessons-learned"
>> rewrite altogether. But that's once again beyond our purview.)
>>
>>           --zeurkous.
> You've read 'the cathedral and the bazaar' of course. 

Yes, *many* moons ago. It is a remarkable work of apologism (a not
unknown feature of many of esr's writings), and as such rightfully did
not influence me opinion all that much.

        --zeurkous.
 
> If I were a 
> gazilionaire I'd pay some hotshots to rewrite the whole thing from the 
> bedrock up -- build a cathedral.  Same with zsh -- pay the devs to 
> really get things right.  Think Haussmann redoing Paris.
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>     <div class="moz-cite-prefix">On 2023-01-23 07:40,
>       <a class="moz-txt-link-abbreviated" href="mailto:zeurkous@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxx";>zeurkous@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxx</a> wrote:<br>
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>       cite="mid:thinkcrap!zeurkous!1674488400.13351@uucp">(In fact, me'd
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>       <pre class="moz-quote-pre" wrap="">rewrite altogether. But that's once again beyond our purview.)
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>          --zeurkous.
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>     You've read 'the cathedral and the bazaar' of course.  If I were a
>     gazilionaire I'd pay some hotshots to rewrite the whole thing from
>     the bedrock up -- build a cathedral.  Same with zsh -- pay the devs
>     to really get things right.  Think <span
>       class="js-about-item-abstr">Haussmann redoing Paris.  <br>
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