[Pdx-pm] Single purpose apps

[Michael Rasmussen]

This bit from a /. interview with Rob Pike


8) One tool for one job? - by sczimme
Given the nature of current operating systems and applications, do you
think the idea of "one tool doing one job well" has been abandoned? If
so, do you think a return to this model would help bring some innovation
back to software development?

(It's easier to toss a small, single-purpose app and start over than it
is to toss a large, feature-laden app and start over.)

Pike:
Those days are dead and gone and the eulogy was delivered by Perl.

The next question is a goodie too:

9) Emacs or Vi? - by Neil Blender

Pike:

N...  you'll have to visit and read the answer.

http://interviews.slashdot.org/article.pl?sid=04/10/18/1153211&mode=nocomment

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