Re: Apple and the Holy War

[pausch@saafNOSPAM.se (Paul Schlyter)]

In article <nobody-91CCD4.15512304052000@news.wavetech.net>,
Greg Buchner  <nobody@wavetech.net> wrote:
 
> I just happen to find a GUI easier to use than a CLI.
 
Both have their respective advantages and disadvantages.  As I see
it, a CLI is clearly to prefer in these situations:
 
1. When you want to write batch scripts, or process large volumes
of files.
 
2. When you quickly want to write a utility which does some
processing, it greatly speeds up the process to not have to bother
with implementing a GUI.  If you write your little utility in AWK,
the entire program can reside *right* *on* the commandline, and
you'll write it in perhaps 10 seconds!  Beat that with a GUI !!!!
 
Of course there are also situations when a GUI is preferable.
 
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