Subject: Re: RFC: getopt_long(3) change To: None <> From: James
K. Lowden <> List: tech-userlevel Date: 06/28/2007 23:53:54
David Laight wrote: > Actually it is a stupid idea! > Or rather
allowing partial matches is what is stupid.  It's not stupid,
not even a little bit.  And before anyone blames/credits the GNU
folks, does no one remember, say, VMS?  Or I'm sure there are
other obvious examples of prior art.    $ /usr/games/trek     *
* *   S T A R   T R E K   * * *  Press return to continue.  What
length game: ?          short        medium          long
restart What length game: sh What skill game: ?         novice
fair          good        expert      commodore    impossible
What skill game: no Enter a password:  5 Klingons 5 starbases at
0,2, 1,2, 7,1, 6,3, 3,6 It takes 250 units to kill a Klingon  I
used VMS for a few years.  I quickly learned to type the least
at the console and to spell everything out in my scripts.
Only a sadist would require that every long command be spelled
out