gnu has got to be the worlds worst userspace. imagine at any point deciding that it was okay for `true` to have 49 lines of code and take a --version argument
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not scary osdev 🏳️⚧️ (mothcompute@haqueers.com)'s status on Sunday, 15-Oct-2023 05:05:45 JST not scary osdev 🏳️⚧️ - Haelwenn /элвэн/ :triskell: likes this.
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not scary osdev 🏳️⚧️ (mothcompute@haqueers.com)'s status on Sunday, 15-Oct-2023 05:06:40 JST not scary osdev 🏳️⚧️ i tried writing actually good public domain replacements for coreutils at one point but their code is so unreadable and has so many pointless garbage extensions that it wasnt really worth it. and now i use freebsd so i have zero reason to do it anyway
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lorddimwit: not a typewriter (lorddimwit@mastodon.social)'s status on Sunday, 15-Oct-2023 05:07:17 JST lorddimwit: not a typewriter Classic #Unix: true is literally an empty file
GNU: not only is my true 80 lines long but it can return false if you invoke it wrong