Messages in this thread | | | From | "H. Peter Anvin" <> | Subject | Re: GNU/Linux stance by Richard Stallman | Date | Sun, 28 Mar 1999 19:01:36 -0800 (PST) |
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> In <7dko67$3uf$1@palladium.transmeta.com> H. Peter Anvin (hpa@transmeta.com) wrote: > > Followup to: <19990327211331.C23438@hazel.buici.com> > > By author: Oscar Levi <elf@buici.com> > > In newsgroup: linux.dev.kernel > >> > >> Clever. It is hard to argue with the elegance of your implementation. > >> It is equally tough to argue against the utility of > >> > >> true --version > >> > >> reporting its source. > >> > > > Actually it is: true and false are supposed to IGNORE their command > > lines. I consider "true --help" and "true --version" to be BUGS. > > Hmmm.... Why tru and false should ignore their coomand lines ? If you want > something to be ignored then why to supply it's at all ? >
Because they can be used to substitute out commands.
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