
17 Apr
2012
17 Apr
'12
2:39 a.m.
Tim Connors wrote:
Hell, if you really want, you can use /usr/xpg4/bin/grep, /usr/bin/grep, /bin/grep, /usr/local/bin/grep, /opt/swf/bin/grep, /opt/SUNW*/bin/grep, and /usr/gnu/bin/grep simultaneously just to make sure it works! :)
Someone kill it already, dammit. There is no _valid_ reason to be bugwards combatible all the way back to 1948.
All parts should go together without forcing. You must remember that the parts you are reassembling were disassembled by you. Therefore, if you can't get them together again, there must be a reason. By all means, do not use a hammer. -- IBM maintenance manual, 1925