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Techs should factor.

Techs should factor.
For example, find | xargs | tar | gzip should work.
tar -z DIR is convenient, but what happens when xz --block-list comes along and you also want find -name '*.png'?

This principle has both agreements and disagreements with the UNIX Philosophy.
Click here to add your comments to the debate on the UNIX Philosophy.

Agree: Programs should work well together.
Agree: Try to design the output of one program to be the input of another
Revise: ~~Avoid~~ Factor interactive input.
Revise: ~~Avoid~~ Factor feature creep.
Disagree: ~~Do one thing and do it well~~ What "one" "thing" "well" is is domain-specific.
Disagree: ~~Use text as an interface~~ The choice of interfaces (types) is domain-specific.

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