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I have never under stood why some many people are not ok with using the command line.

A few years back we had an issue where a mysql script was over the limit for phpmyadmin - my fairly experienced colleague he was unaware that you could log into the cli and use mysql from the cli.

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Could be a generational thing as well. I work with some devs who've always used Windows/OS X GUI exclusively for everything and are terrified of commmand-line anything. Either there's a GUI for it, or it might as well not exist. Younger guys usually.

Command line is modern day voodoo. There are ton of commands, each with a specific use, each with own their specific incantation, which can mixed in extremely powerful ways. But my theory is the main reason people would prefer not use it, is that improper usage can be harmful and sometimes destructive.

The same reason people prefer to use garbage collected and dynamically typed programming languages.

improper usage can be harmful and sometimes destructive.

It is merciful that GUI environments are immune to these deficiencies.

I'd like to think this post is an exaggeration.

Unfortunately not there are a lot of developers can only use phpmyadmin or thier CMS's gui - and from what I am told being able to code basic sql joins is not something you can take for granted.

Insanity.

Crazy talk. And these 'developers' are pulling in six-figure?

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