Date: Wed, 15 Sep 1999 11:35:08 -0600 From: Wes Peters <wes@softweyr.com> To: Parag Patel <parag@cgt.com> Cc: freebsd-hackers@FreeBSD.ORG Subject: Re: Command-line editing [was NetWare client in -current] Message-ID: <37DFD8CC.DB009150@softweyr.com> References: <9219.937364032@pinhead.parag.codegen.com>
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Parag Patel wrote:
>
> I said:
>
> >Anyway, command-line apps have been obsolete for years, so I guess we
> >should go on and find better things to argue about. :)
>
> I guess people missed the ":)" so I'd better explain.
>
> Most computers are embedded and becoming both more ubiquitous and
> invisble. Most of these don't even *have* interfaces, GUI or CLI.
Yes, they do, the UI just runs on another computer. Or, more properly, the
embedded device has a PUI -- protocol user interface. I like the TLA.
--
"Where am I, and what am I doing in this handbasket?"
Wes Peters Softweyr LLC
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