I’ve never heard that pointer bullshit at all. Can you link it?
“Man” for “manual” is just an antiquated term kept around by Unix curmudgeons. “Help” is much better as it requires no explanation and conveniently is automatically abbreviated to its full name. It’s the common term used in most other systems that aren’t linux.
You doth protest too much. Wonder why
Because the argument is stupid. Much like pointers not being a good term to use because it’s rude to point. Or man pages being sexist.
I’ve never heard that pointer bullshit at all. Can you link it?
“Man” for “manual” is just an antiquated term kept around by Unix curmudgeons. “Help” is much better as it requires no explanation and conveniently is automatically abbreviated to its full name. It’s the common term used in most other systems that aren’t linux.
'Man" isn’t sexist, it just sucks.
What’s stupid is that people like you argue about a branch name instead of just cede the point as if it costs anyone anything to