barbara@lemmy.ml to Linux@lemmy.ml • 6 months agowhy does noone inprove bash such that you can write a normal foor loop with whitespace in file names?message-squaremessage-square16 fedilinkarrow-up115file-text
arrow-up115message-squarewhy does noone inprove bash such that you can write a normal foor loop with whitespace in file names?barbara@lemmy.ml to Linux@lemmy.ml • 6 months agomessage-square16 Commentsfedilinkfile-text
minus-squareResponsabilidade@lemmy.eco.brhexbear3·6 months agoWhy don't we improve the basic stuff, like processor architecture? Because if we do, we make everything we have working now break. So everything would need be ported to this new architecture. The same with bash or any other foundation lib. And also these "improvements" may make these libs more complex and, therefore, more unstable and hackable. The simple is simple for a reason: It works trustfully linkfedilink
Why don't we improve the basic stuff, like processor architecture?
Because if we do, we make everything we have working now break. So everything would need be ported to this new architecture.
The same with bash or any other foundation lib.
And also these "improvements" may make these libs more complex and, therefore, more unstable and hackable.
The simple is simple for a reason: It works trustfully