Dec
7
tales from the offtopic #18: sane errors and pie
Tagged with community, design, HCI, troubleshooting, ubuntu, unix
Ideally, a Unix program is silent. Only when a program fails for some reason, it must fail spectacularly, providing the user with detailed, helpful error messages. PFA, topyli, riotkittie, and gord all agree.
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mmmmmm 3.141509 is delicious!
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