On Mon, 2005-11-28 at 17:30 +0400, Manu Abraham wrote:
> If you get some standard drivers under Linux ported from "C" to "asm" i
> would love to see it. Please do let us know how you get along .. ;-)
>
Manu,
Maybe I should write them in shell ;) ... read the words of the Master
Foo.... However even Master Foo has fallen into your trap and likewise
believes the destination matters more than the journey. I therefore
move that Foo is deposed and I immediately replace him.
Master Foo and the Ten Thousand Lines
=====================================
Master Foo once said to a visiting programmer: “There is more
Unix-nature in one line of shell script than there is in ten thousand
lines of C”.
The programmer, who was very proud of his mastery of C, said: “How can
this be? C is the language in which the very kernel of Unix is
implemented!”
Master Foo replied: “That is so. Nevertheless, there is more Unix-nature
in one line of shell script than there is in ten thousand lines of C”.
The programmer grew distressed. “But through the C language we
experience the enlightenment of the Patriarch Ritchie! We become as one
with the operating system and the machine, reaping matchless
performance!”
Master Foo replied: “All that you say is true. But there is still more
Unix-nature in one line of shell script than there is in ten thousand
lines of C”.
The programmer scoffed at Master Foo and rose to depart. But Master Foo
nodded to his student Nubi, who wrote a line of shell script on a nearby
whiteboard, and said: “Master programmer, consider this pipeline.
Implemented in pure C, would it not span ten thousand lines?”
The programmer muttered through his beard, contemplating what Nubi had
written. Finally he agreed that it was so.
“And how many hours would you require to implement and debug that C
program?” asked Nubi.
“Many”, admitted the visiting programmer. “But only a fool would spend
the time to do that when so many more worthy tasks await him”.
“And who better understands the Unix-nature?” Master Foo asked. “Is it
he who writes the ten thousand lines, or he who, perceiving the
emptiness of the task, gains merit by not coding?”
Upon hearing this, the programmer was enlightened.
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