Path: csiph.com!fu-berlin.de!uni-berlin.de!individual.net!not-for-mail From: rbowman Newsgroups: comp.unix.shell,comp.os.linux.misc Subject: Re: Unsettling bash tutorial Date: 16 Mar 2026 19:49:02 GMT Lines: 17 Message-ID: References: <10otpi4$1opu8$3@dont-email.me> <10otrqi$1p9ft$1@dont-email.me> <10ou2q9$1qp29$1@dont-email.me> <10p3fhf$5tmi$1@dont-email.me> <10p3soo$9ojl$2@dont-email.me> <10p4nqe$jufq$1@dont-email.me> <10p8v93$1vi0v$13@dont-email.me> Mime-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: text/plain; charset=UTF-8 Content-Transfer-Encoding: 8bit X-Trace: individual.net S75VMCzW+HxN9hZgSSnMUwBdA1FA64elIHa8XPeGKQetWlFln/ Cancel-Lock: sha1:R5Tikl6r6N3lVG2AFnlfBMrFtxs= sha256:LXxCSZw6o+8gTLM02BdICnCHGJE0dooYb3aPQ0ZauME= User-Agent: Pan/0.162 (Pokrosvk) Xref: csiph.com comp.unix.shell:26780 comp.os.linux.misc:83125 On Mon, 16 Mar 2026 13:06:43 +0000, The Natural Philosopher wrote: > On 15/03/2026 20:44, rbowman wrote: >> In a larger view I think 'survival of the fittest' really is 'survival >> of anything not too screwed up to live.' The x86 architecture wasn't >> the best either, but here we are. > > Yes. The world is comprised of things that haven't become extinct > (yet)... > > A million years of dinosaurs and now just jackdaws. When I lived in New Hampshire there was a place in one of the bays where I could catch horseshoe crabs by hand. It was strictly catch and release; I only wanted to look at an extremely successful design up close. https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Horseshoe_crab