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From: Jorgen Grahn
Date: Sat, 17 Feb 2018 18:54

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On Thu, 2018-02-15, Quadibloc wrote:
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> And when computers communicated to the user by typing back... not
> with a graphical interface, computer programs were simpler to write.

There's still a fraction of the Unix community using those kinds of
interfaces -- it's not all in the past.

And I /do/ think one of the major benefits is that it's more inviting
to new programmers.

/Jorgen

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