WareLogging. TextBased. Unix talk is not the most primitive chat interface imaginable (for closer approximations to that, try using the UnixWrite command, or a couple of modems and some old school terminal software).

On the other hand, Unix talk ''is'' primitive.

On the gripping hand, Unix talk works.

This is tied into the whole [http://c2.com/cgi/wiki?WorseIsBetter Worse is better] philosophy.