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Date:      Thu, 05 Jul 2012 16:12:54 -0400
From:      "Dieter BSD" <dieterbsd@engineer.com>
To:        freebsd-hackers@freebsd.org
Subject:   Re: Training wheels for commandline
Message-ID:  <20120705201256.298420@gmx.com>

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> As long as it can be toggled off system-wide, persistently (sysctl?), I
> can't see the harm in bringing that in.

It violates the Unix Philosophy.

"Make each program do one thing well. To do a new job, build afresh
rather than complicate old programs by adding new features."

http://www.faqs.org/docs/artu/ch01s06.html



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