Re: RH recommends using Windows? plus a Question!
"PatrickM" <[email protected]>
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Thanks for explaining that, Andy! I didn't know that, it makes sense. That's the difference between Windows and Linux. I'm still thinking sometimes in Windows-terms (but my doctor says I'm improving ;-) PatrickM --- On Wed 11/05, Andy Green < [email protected] > wrote: There's a couple of technical reasons why the commandline apps are so widely chosen when the programs are written: - separating the business end of the program action from the user interface is very powerful... somebody can write a GUI layer on top who knows nothing about how the action of the program works, they just make the pretty UI and call through to the commandline app to get things done. If somebody later decides to make a web UI for the thing, again they make no changes to the actual program action but make a thin layer on top. In both cases the program actions continue to live in one place and GUI, web and commandline versions all benefit from updates to the same commandline app with hopefully zero complications. - it makes the program action scriptable with ease, and the program action can be used from within other programs in a clean way, eg xcdroast -> cdrecord - -Andy _______________________________________________ No banners. No pop-ups. No kidding. Introducing My Way - http://www.myway.com -- fedora-test-list mailing list [email protected] http://www.redhat.com/mailman/listinfo/fedora-test-list