exotic file manipulations
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| rsevenic Jan 06, 2005 6:46 AM EDT |
I haven't seen details of the MS 'shell' (monad?). The phrase 'exotic file manipulations with objects' would worry me. Are the files human readable? One of the great advantages of ASCII in all of its clumsiness is that is readable. So if I'm stringing lots of tools together in a new script to get something done, there is, in essence, a readable debug log at each step of the process. Regards, Richard |
| dinotrac Jan 06, 2005 9:11 AM EDT |
Human readable?
Microsoft?
Please. That said, human readable is sometimes over-rated. Nice when you can afford, Not so nice when you can't. For example -- at least given the state of hardware for the foreseeable future...can you imagine a viable human readable format for uncompressed full motion video. Shudders. |
| PaulFerris Jan 06, 2005 10:24 AM EDT |
Especially if it's footage of the 'Trac'd one -- or worse, me. Of course, when we're hacking away at a keyboard, all of that middle-aged-guy stuff is overshadowed by the powerful aphrodisiac effect that programming has upon women... --FeriCyde PS: You're supposed to laugh now if you haven't... |
| dinotrac Jan 06, 2005 11:44 AM EDT |
>Of course, when we're hacking away at a keyboard, all of that middle-aged-guy stuff is overshadowed by the powerful aphrodisiac effect that programming has upon women... Oh year, it's a terrible responsibility to deal with that. It's why all those sports stars are jealous of hackers. I think it was just the other day that Peyton Manning told interviewers how much he wishes he had learned to program so that he could get all the hot chicks. Dinotrac |
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