[minkles]

The unix way is re-parsing text 5000 times in separate programmes with no consistency or contract between them really.

That's not great.

[jimbokun]

Only great enough to be the operating system for the vast majority of computing devices on the planet.

[tonyedgecombe]

The world is full of technologies that are ubiquitous but imperfect.

[jimbokun]

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Worse_is_better

[Too]

In close competition with the well renowned JavaScript.