KatolaZ <katolaz@???> writes:
> On Mon, Jan 25, 2016 at 05:44:11PM -0500, Peter Olson wrote:
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>> This also brings up the question of whether you should roll your own get_name or
>> use basename(3) which already does the same thing except in some edge cases.
>> It's easier for the student to understand the code if it is implemented as
>> get_name, but the student ought to learn about dirname and basename pretty early
>> in their study.
>
> Apart from students' interest, the Unix phylosophy is all about
> designing simple, orthogonal, robust components and functions that can
> be reused and combined together to accomplish tasks unforseen to their
> initial developer. Unix is not about reinventing the wheel every
> single day.

There's indeed something whose 'philosophy' is based on assembling complex
constructions from more-or-less unfit-for-purpose components which
happen to be available in order to solve seemingly not-so-difficult problems by
creative ingenuitity but it's not called UNIX(*).

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/The_Incredible_Machine_%28series%29

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