If you've used a command for the past 10[0] years, and it's always worked, and you go to use it again, and you're using it in a similar way to how you always have, do you read the man page?
No, of course you don't. You expect things to behave the way they always have.
Then when something goes wrong you don't immediately suspect the command you've successfully been using for the past 10 years and read the man page for all the commands you've been using for the past 10[1] years.
"If you've used a command for the past 10[0] years, and it's always worked, and you go to use it again, and you're using it in a similar way to how you always have, do you read the man page?"
ColinWright|1 year ago
No, of course you don't. You expect things to behave the way they always have.
Then when something goes wrong you don't immediately suspect the command you've successfully been using for the past 10 years and read the man page for all the commands you've been using for the past 10[1] years.
No, you suspect the new code.
[0] For some value of 10[1].
[1] In my case significantly longer than 10.
thrill|1 year ago
Yes, that's the first thing I do.