These two concepts do not contradict each other. Unix can allow “doing stupid things” AND at the same time make them “difficult to impossible”. So, the conclusion that Unix was misdesigned is not correct, at least not basing on your definition
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These two concepts do not contradict each other. Unix can allow “doing stupid things” AND at the same time make them “difficult to impossible”. So, the conclusion that Unix was misdesigned is not correct, at least not basing on your definition