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On Mon, Sep 22, 2014 at 1:41 PM, Frank Peters <frank.peters@×××××××.net> wrote: |
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> On Mon, 22 Sep 2014 12:58:46 -0500 |
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> Barry Schwartz <chemoelectric@×××××××××××××.org> wrote: |
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>> ‘Diversity’ here is deviation from established Unix/POSIX philosophy |
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>> in system design. Years of effort to simplify programming are being |
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>> thrown away on grounds that resemble common arguments in favor of the |
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>> ‘tight integration’ that is Microsoft Windows. I mean, seriously, many |
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>> of the pro-systemd arguments are like those I have heard for using |
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>> Windows: that applications ‘just work’, because they were written for |
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>> a dominant system. |
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> Good design is highly flexible and configurable with little assumption |
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> made on the nature or needs of the user. |
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> Let's consider a simple program to display digital images. A good program |
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> design will not only contain built-in routines to accommodate the standard |
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> image formats but will also provide non-specific raster buffers to allow |
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> a user to view unconventional or even non-existent formats. A good program |
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> design will also make no assumptions about the nature of the image data but |
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> rather allow the user to create any needed specifications. A professional |
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> program thus allows both standard conventions but keeps the overall capability |
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> unrestricted and open ended. |
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> As best as I can understand (I am not an expert in systems programming) |
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> under Torvalds the Linux OS conforms to such professional design goals. |
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No, the Linux kernel follows sound technical reasoning, not dogma. |
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>> What I really fear, though, is what if one day the kernel team is a |
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>> different entity, more like other entities in the Linux world? |
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> Someone has to write an apocalyptic novel about Linus Torvalds being |
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> assassinated and his role taken over by the evil figures from ???. |
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Read the link I just posted. Linus basically agrees with the "evil |
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figures" from your conspiracy theories. |
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Regards. |
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Canek Peláez Valdés |
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Profesor de asignatura, Facultad de Ciencias |
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Universidad Nacional Autónoma de México |
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