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minus-squareCaptain Aggravated@sh.itjust.workslinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up0·4 days agoProbably got put into a popular example and then everyone uses it because “that’s how.”
minus-squareHobo@lemmy.worldlinkfedilinkarrow-up0·4 days agoHuh… You know what that makes more sense than anything else I’ve come up with. I always just assumed it was lazy devs.
minus-squareCaptain Aggravated@sh.itjust.workslinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up0·3 days agoSomething something Unix Philosophy. Write small programs that do one thing and do it well and then re-use that well tested code as often as you can rather than poorly re-implementing it over and over?
Probably got put into a popular example and then everyone uses it because “that’s how.”
Huh… You know what that makes more sense than anything else I’ve come up with. I always just assumed it was lazy devs.
Something something Unix Philosophy. Write small programs that do one thing and do it well and then re-use that well tested code as often as you can rather than poorly re-implementing it over and over?