[Pdx-pm] Single purpose apps

[darthsmily]

"Those days are dead and gone and the eulogy was delivered by Perl."
in one line..with a great many leaning matchsticks.

I actually disagree with him,One day they will arise like a zombie 
process.... Bwahahaha.

sorry, got a little Holloweenie.... heh.
All work and no sleep make darthsmily go something something...



Michael Rasmussen wrote:

>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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