GNU

There isn't a single piece of GNU project software that is actually, objectively good. It's usually bloated, spec-deviant or bloody useless.

Examples: coreutils, autoconf

>>40
I choose my words like I choose my code: autistic levels of pedantry.

>>41
There are other posts that demonstrate higher levels of autism for a given metric.

>>28
Your friend is just an idiot who doesn't understand the Unix philosophy. Having a script like killall to simplify a complex chain of commands is precising why there's a programmable shell there in the first place.

>>43
killall
script

>>36
Octave actually added a lot of syntax related abilities MATLAB didn't offer. Octave is slower on Windows, not sure about Linux...