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From: henry@utzoo.uucp (Henry Spencer)
Subject: Re: command line options
Message-ID: <1988Apr3.013326.28348@utzoo.uucp>
Organization: U of Toronto Zoology
References: <2517@geac.UUCP>, <363@trane.UUCP>
Date: Sun, 3 Apr 88 01:33:26 GMT

> I sense from the volume and quality of this discussion that improving
> getopt() is both desirable and non-trivial.  Let's keep at it.

Please do not confuse improving getopt() with improving the option syntax.
The former might be viable; the latter has been tried repeatedly, sometimes
by quite bright people, and has always failed.  If you must invent Yet
Another New Syntax, please start a mailing list so you won't bother the
rest of the community with this futility.
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"Noalias must go.  This is           |  Henry Spencer @ U of Toronto Zoology
non-negotiable."  --DMR              | {allegra,ihnp4,decvax,utai}!utzoo!henry