Re: A simple hate today.

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From: A. Pagaltzis
Subject: Re: A simple hate today.
Date: 20:42 on 26 May 2006

* Abigail <abigail@xxxxxxx.xx> [2006-05-26 21:20]:
> If you use 'rm', you ought to be aware of the '-r' option. If
> you've choosen to use a shell that expands '-?' for you,

Err, is there any shell which *won't* expand `-?` for you?

> and you choose to use '-?' unquoted, and get bitten, well,
> boohoo. I don't find that hateful.

So asking the user to type a switch which can *never* be issued
safely without escaping it is not hateful?

This freakin' `-?` meme should just roll over and die.

Regards,
-- 
Aristotle Pagaltzis // <http://plasmasturm.org/>;

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Abigail 20:19 on 26 May 2006
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