In the Beginning was the Command Line
by Neal Stephenson (author of Snow Crash, the king of cyberpunk fiction).
I just finished reading this essay/semi-book. The essay centers the discussion around OSes and also talks about the CLI vs GUI debate. It talks about the inherent dumbing down of capable machines that is the GUI and how and why the CLI is better. The essay also talks about the general problem of machine-to-human interfaces.
Although i wasn't aware of this essay when i organized the
If or when i organize the next
There is a lot of cool stuff in the essay
https://web.stanford.edu/class/cs81n/command.txt
by Neal Stephenson (author of Snow Crash, the king of cyberpunk fiction).
I just finished reading this essay/semi-book. The essay centers the discussion around OSes and also talks about the CLI vs GUI debate. It talks about the inherent dumbing down of capable machines that is the GUI and how and why the CLI is better. The essay also talks about the general problem of machine-to-human interfaces.
Although i wasn't aware of this essay when i organized the
/dev/tty competition, the essay outlines most of my views that led to me organizing that competition. If or when i organize the next
/dev/tty competition, I am definitely making this essay a mandatory reading for participating in the competition.There is a lot of cool stuff in the essay
https://web.stanford.edu/class/cs81n/command.txt
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In the Beginning was the Command Line by Neal Stephenson (author of Snow Crash, the king of cyberpunk fiction). I just finished reading this essay/semi-book. The essay centers the discussion around OSes and also talks about the CLI vs GUI debate. It talks…
Interesting snippets I found while I was reading the essay #1
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