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Are zip and 7z really that much easier?
I get that
tar
needs anf
for no-longer-relevant reasons whereas other tools don't, but I never understood the meme about it beyond that. Isc
for "create" really that much worse thana
for "add"?7z x
to extract makes sense.unzip
even more. No need for crazy mnemonics or colorful explanation images. It's complete nonsense that people are ok with that.