readline bashing (was POSIX bashing)

[Ed Gould]

>However, having gotten used to spiffy user interfaces I'm no longer
>sure I could be productive if forced to revert to old methods.
>One's personal standards change based on experience.

Personal standards certainly do change.  I don't think I want to
go back to using a one-window tube (although, that's what I am
using just now) for real work, either.  I'd rather, though, have an
efficient and productive interface than one that eats more of the
machine than it really needs.

>>... most of the things that take more than that do so because they're
>>bloated with excess goo, badly coded, or - most likely - both.

>Don't forget another possibility, which is lack of integration in their
>design.

Agreed.  Good integration - especially on the conceptual level -
has many benefits.  Among others, it's the best way I know of to
avoid the excess goo.

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