Linked by Greg Afinogenov on Wed 3rd Sep 2003 07:19 UTC
Graphics, User Interfaces It is not fashionable nowadays to speak of the merits of the command line, in an age where things like streaming video and Aqua are an integral part of our daily life. However, I do not think that typed-in commands must necessarily be consigned to the dustbin of computer history. Of course, I am not suggesting that we all drop X and Windows and pretend like we are living in the early eighties. The command line interface still has much to offer us, and many of its benefits simply cannot physically be emulated or even replaced by graphical ones.
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Re: Why don't all GUI's have a command line?
by Brian Meidell on Wed 3rd Sep 2003 13:01 UTC

In my world, that would imply that all app commands would be mapped to commands, which would make it so much easier for people to script different apps.

Like with Arexx on the amiga ;)