On Saturday, 3 February 2018 at 10:55:41 UTC, Ola Fosheim Grøstad
wrote:
On Saturday, 3 February 2018 at 06:15:31 UTC, Joakim wrote:
Software evolves. It isn't designed. The only question is how
strictly you
_control_ the evolution, and how open you are to external
sources of
mutations.
Unix was designed... and was based on a more ambitious design
(Multics).
Linux was a haphazard kitchensink DIY reimplementation of it...
I wouldn't trust Linus much when it comes to general statements
about software development.
Evolution does not mean that you don't design.
Cars evolve, but they sure are designed.
I suggest you read all his comments in that thread, as I told you
to in a previous forum thread before, as basically every
statement you make here was addressed by other Linus emails in
that archive I linked above.
