Invisible wrote:
>>>>   Why would it be obsolete?
>>
>>> Because it was invented several decades before I was even born?
>>
>>   Computers were invented several decades before you were born. Are they
>> obsolete?
> 
> Nobody uses computers that were designed 40 years ago. They use 
> computers that were designed maybe 3 years ago. Tar has been unchanged 
> for a hell of a long time. That makes it either antiquated or 
> increadibly well-designed, depending on how you look at it.
> 

How about incredibly well designed and tested like most *nix utilities

John

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