[drupal-devel] Re: Allowing non-techs to do cool things

[Dries Buytaert]

On 26 Apr 2005, at 12:12, Gabor Hojtsy wrote:

>> Gotta agree with Djun.  I wouldn't be able to use Linux/Unix without 
>> being able to "stitch" a few commands together and manipulate their 
>> output.  Writing small script or composite command lines really helps 
>> to get things done quickly.  Similarly, what would Apple be without 
>> Applescript?
>
> Problem is that if you break a shell script, there is no problem. If 
> you break a Drupal module, then Drupal will completely break. It is 
> like fiddling with the linux kernel (without having a backup to boot), 
> not like writing a shell script.

I know but we already have PHP nodes/blocks and most of us can't 
without these.

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