Ask HN: Is sed an insult to "human readbility" ?
1!G;h;$!d<p>What does the above line of sed program do? It is supposed to reverse the order of lines in a file. By the same logic I can say 
#f;8|33^&#38;! is the complete bible.<p>Okay! real question is why is Sed (the so called stream editor) is so concise in its operators? Is there some hidden gem of wisdom that I dont know yet?