[plug] xargs, "Argument list too long"

[Derek Fountain]

> One of the few decent excuses for using C or C++ is low level operating
> system tools and kernels. Everybody else should probably go find a
> language that understands that you can't just write 200bytes to a
> 100byte string.

A rather sweeping and inaccurate statement. If I want a language to waste MIPS 
wiping my butt for me, I choose one with such protections built in. But I 
never loose sight of the fact it depends on the job.

I'm currently running a DVD rip, estimated time to completion another 29 hours 
or so. I'm sure as hell glad that transcode isn't written in any of Perl, 
Python, etc.