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- From: rsk@gynko.circ.upenn.edu (Rich Kulawiec)
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- Subject: Re: The Problem with UNIX
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- Date: 14 Nov 92 03:20:51 GMT
- References: <1992Nov9.172715.16367@cs.wisc.edu> <aldavi01.721333614@starbase.spd.louisville.edu> <1992Nov13.094336.2341@aber.ac.uk>
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- In article <1992Nov13.094336.2341@aber.ac.uk> btk@aber.ac.uk (Ben Ketteridge) writes:
- >From what you say about each of Bryan So cases of command-line problems, I take
- >it to mean that you think that it is _entirely_ the users' responsibility to
- >check that they don't type incorrect commands?
-
- Absolutely. It's a computer, not a mind reader: it will do exactly what
- you tell it to do. If you use a computer, you should be prepared to face
- this basic tenet. (Until, of course, you have a machine available that
- can intuit your intentions regardless of what you type.)
-
- To put it another way: I often tell beginning users that they will
- be held personally responsible for the consequences of every command
- the run. This does seem to inspire a degree of careful attention on their
- part, but it usually takes it least one "rm *" or "cat > foo" episode
- to drive the point home.
-
- ---Rsk
-