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The set of unix utilities have been tested a long time. I just wish the kernel and key utilities keeps fixed and not changed. Unless absolutely necessary. Don’t fix it if it ain’t broken. The software empire seems out of control.



It is all broken. The quick hack to make things kind of work today, compounded across fifty years and a million developers.

There are occasional shining lights of stuff done right but I think it's fair to say they're comprehensively outcompeted.




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