Brett McCoy wrote:
> I. I. Ooisen wrote:
>
>>> No, it's a very powerful way of working with a computer.
>>
>>
>> i must emphasize it, and i will:
>>
>> "command line", THE WAY WE SEE IT NOW, is a primitive way to put a
>> computer to work.
>
> I think your use of the word "primitive" is incorrect. Using commands
> to interact with a computer is no more primitive than reading words in
> a book to receive information (as opposed to receiving information
> purely visually, as with a movie or TV). Both have their place
> (syntactical interaction versus graphical interaction), I don't think
> one is better or worse than the other.
>
> -- Brett
Yep, from a sys-admin standpoint both are valid.
Received on Thu Dec 22 00:15:12 2005
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