anyone who has thought "i wonder how linux does this" will have gone through all the layers of misguided inexperience.
brucee On 1/22/06, Ronald G. Minnich <rminnich@lanl.gov> wrote: > > > the original point was that it doesn't matter whether you can > > see the source or not, the effect is the same - failure to deal > > with complexity results in an inability to simply compile a > > working programme on new hardware running the same O/S and have > > it work. instead, hacks are done and baggage is carried around > > to keep the old binary working. > > > > it's even worse than that, because people learn from the bad code. We're > raising a whole generation of people who think awful stuff is how it's > done ... > > ron >
