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Are there any examples of 'perfect' software? (sh.itjust.works)
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I'm talking about programs that can't be improved no matter what. They do exactly what they're supposed to and will never be changed.

It'll probably have to be something small, like cd or pwd, but does such a program exist?

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[-] Sephtis@lemmy.world 0 points 2 days ago

Many might disagree, but imo vim is the perfect text editor for a command line interface. It's just so simpel and does exactly what I need it to do without doing anything unnecessary

[-] Sivecano@lemmy.dbzer0.com 8 points 2 days ago

Vim has some pretty messy design... Starting at some of the action quirks and ending at vim9script

[-] Sephtis@lemmy.world -1 points 2 days ago

Never heard of vim9script, what is it. I must admit I don't use it for a lot of super complicated tasks just regular yaml and file editing. At for that it's perfect imo

[-] Sivecano@lemmy.dbzer0.com 2 points 2 days ago

Vim9-script is a bespoke DSL introduced in vim 9 which was to replace vimscript (the old config language) It was recieved as a bit wacky with its support for classes among other things.

[-] karlhungus@lemmy.ca 4 points 2 days ago

neovim is a drop in replacement for vim that fixes the issues that bother me with vim

[-] Sephtis@lemmy.world -1 points 2 days ago

Might install that then in the future, if I remember it. Sudo apt-get install vim is just so ingrained in muscle memory

[-] karlhungus@lemmy.ca 2 points 1 day ago

not sure why your getting downvoted

[-] who@feddit.org 2 points 2 days ago* (last edited 2 days ago)

Nit: vim is a visual editor. It has a text interface, but it's not a command line interface.

An example of a command line text editor would be sed.

[-] Sephtis@lemmy.world 0 points 2 days ago

I know it isn't a cli but a text editor that you can use in a terminal, if there's any other difference i got wrong feel free to correct me

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