[TUHS] On Bloat and the Idea of Small Specialized Tools

Ralph Corderoy ralph at inputplus.co.uk
Sun May 19 04:22:18 AEST 2024


Hi Doug,

>        % less --help | wc -l
>       298
> Last time I looked, the line count was about 220. Bloat is self-catalyzing.

Adding a --help option is a sign the man page lacks succintness.
It's the easier solution.

Another point against adding --help: there's a second attempt to
describe the source.

-- 
Cheers, Ralph.


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