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Maybe We Should Stop Creating Inscrutable CLIs
In the original Unix tradition, command-line options are single letters preceded by a single hyphen…The original Unix style evolved on slow ASR-33 teletypes that made terseness a virtue; thus the single-letter options.
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Software EngineeringTools & Productivity2019
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| Submitted | Title on HN | Points | Comments |
|---|---|---|---|
| Aug 17, 2019 | Maybe We Should Stop Creating Inscrutable CLIs by kmdupree | 118 | 156 |
