Re: "but here in the Unix world we like simplicity"
Good read, on a par with "PHP, a fractal of bad design".
I don't think anything is on par with that. Whenever I'm reminded of its existence I re-read it just for entertainment.
"And the carpenters show you the houses they’ve built, where every room is a pentagon and the roof is upside-down. And you knock on the front door and it just collapses inwards and they all yell at you for breaking their door."
and
"Even JavaScript doesn’t do this."
Biting the hand that feeds IT
