A keystroke away from Doom.

[Kevin Cozens]

On 13-10-18 03:29 PM, G. Matthew Rice wrote:
> During my first job after university, I lost a week worth of work with an
> accidental:
>          rm *>o
>
> I meant to type:
>          rm *.o
>
> but the shift key wasn't released on time.  It only took two of those before
> I learned the value of a 'clean' make target.

Ouch. It can also teach the value of using version control software.

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