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[David Mintz]

On Fri, 5 Dec 2003, Chris Shiflett wrote:

> I think the argument goes something like this:
>
> Each module should do one thing and do it well (ala Unix philosophy). For
> example, on a Unix system, I can grep through the output of ps by doing
> something likethis:
>
> ps | grep foo
>
> Both grep and foo are independent, but they can be combined. Code can work
> in much the same way. If grep cannot be used without ps, or if ps cannot
> be used without grep, this would be seen by many as a shortcoming.
>
> Hope that helps. I can elaborate, but that's the basic idea.

I get it. Thanks.

	David