Yes, my point was that it isn't simply your style or mine evolved from a vaccuum, but simply a consequence of the traditional UNIX interface that is the basis of modern UNIX-like operating systems such as BSD and Linux.
A lot of user interface habits reflect which OS we were introduced to and we worked with for a longer time.
Linux has, to some extent, deviated from the strict UNIX paradigm, while the BSDs seem far more faithful to stick to it.
My only question is that whether BSD can remain faithful to the old model, while accepting the new...
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