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- From: etxmesa@eos.ericsson.se (Michael Salmon)
- Subject: Re: Sort problem . .
- Message-ID: <1992Jul31.091553.5306@ericsson.se>
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- Reply-To: etxmesa@eos.ericsson.se (Michael Salmon)
- Organization: Ericsson Telecom AB
- References: <1992Jul27.123415.977@leland.Stanford.EDU> <zynm!yh.messina@netcom.com> <1992Jul29.205422.6336@prl.dec.com> <7=pmx9.messina@netcom.com> <1992Jul30.094428.17460@prl.dec.com> <33pmgah.messina@netcom.com>
- Date: Fri, 31 Jul 1992 09:15:53 GMT
- Lines: 38
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- In article <33pmgah.messina@netcom.com>, messina@netcom.com
- (Tony Porczyk) writes:
- |> boyd@prl.dec.com (Boyd Roberts) writes:
- |>
- |> >In article <7=pmx9.messina@netcom.com>, messina@netcom.com (Tony Porczyk) writes:
- |> >>
- |> >> BTW, since when is stderr reserved for "non-information"? Frankly, I
- |> >> say send to stderr anything that is non-essential in the redirection of
- |> >> stdout or in piping of stdout, such as sorting.
- |>
- |> >Standard error is for _errors_.
- |> >If it's `non-essential' then don't output it in the first place.
- |>
- |> Do you get all those answers from a book? Let me ask you a question -
- |> does a usefulness of a utility make any difference, or is it all
- |> according to what you found written somewhere? I mean, have you ever
- |> tried being *flexible* to accomplish your task?
- |>
- |> t.
-
- I have seen very many flexible solutions to problems, many of them were
- even good solutions, for a while at least. The usual result is that
- some time in the future the flexible solution breaks and someone has to
- do it right.
-
- I wish that I could quote the fortune on experience but my memory is
- being a little too flexible today.
-
- --
-
- Michael Salmon
-
- #include <standard.disclaimer>
- #include <witty.saying>
- #include <fancy.pseudo.graphics>
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