its not an API
No. It is a fundamental computer operation.
Anyone who finds it difficult to understand should not be a programmer.
Would you use a lawyer who didn't understand tort or habeas corpus?
Or an accountant who didn't understand double entry?
Or a doctor who didn't know about the lymphatic system?
With the rise and rise of 'Social' network sites: 'Computers are making people easier to use everyday'
Examine what is said, not who speaks -- Silence betokens consent -- Love the truth but pardon error.
"Science is about questioning the status quo. Questioning authority".
In the absence of evidence, opinion is indistinguishable from prejudice.
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No. It is a fundamental computer operation... Potato, potato, potato. You're content with $? >> 8 , well bully for you, System::Command uses it also, because I don't want to, I'm not a bash programmer, I don't want to do things the bash way, anymore than I want to sharpen my own knives
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I want to sharpen my own knives
You equate deploying an entire module in order to avoid using a shift operation, with "sharpening your own knives".
More like you want to use disposable plastic spoons.
With the rise and rise of 'Social' network sites: 'Computers are making people easier to use everyday'
Examine what is said, not who speaks -- Silence betokens consent -- Love the truth but pardon error.
"Science is about questioning the status quo. Questioning authority".
In the absence of evidence, opinion is indistinguishable from prejudice.
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