Invisible <voi### [at] dev null> wrote:
> > Writing something like "grep 'hello.*there' file.txt" doesn't require a
> > lot of time or thinking.
> Nor does opening file.txt in a text editor and running a quick search.
It requires a lot more time, especially if you want to do it for more than
one file. It's you who was talking about "using the right tool".
> (Not that I can think of a reason to want to do this in the first place...)
You are now being stubborn as a matter of principle. I gave you one example
and you admitted that the example was sensible, and even gave an alternative
solution to the same problem (by using a database), and now you are again
repeating the "I can't think of a reason to do this" nonsense.
> >> Personally I just dislike scripting languages.
> >
> > What's the difference between "a scripting language" and "a real language"?
> Now that is surprisingly hard to pin down. ;-)
I think you are simply being prejudiced.
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- Warp
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