There's nothing untoward about Linus' comments. Basically, if you have a spec and the real-world-use differs from the spec, then you have to ignore the spec.
I've done it myself when coding. On Thu, 2005-11-17 at 12:58 +0300, Ronny wrote: > Reality is different, and anybody who thinks specs matter over reality > should get out of kernel programming NOW.----Linus > > I thought rivalries were in hiphop and Rap music (50 and Jarule) > don't you think this wastes time to catchup with Bill?Imagine Suse and > Redhat!!Linus the man himself, seems he has a point here? Reminds me > of "Beef" ---->http://kerneltrap.org/node/5725 > Ronny > -- > ******************************************************************* > PGP Fingerprint: 6695 794A B84E D922 88FB 73CC 6CBD 8036 B3CD 7304 > We can't become what we need to be by remaining what we are > ******************************************************************* > > > > _______________________________________________ > LUG mailing list > [email protected] > http://kym.net/mailman/listinfo/lug > %LUG is generously hosted by INFOCOM http://www.infocom.co.ug/ > > The above comments and data are owned by whoever posted them (including > attachments if any). The List's Host is not responsible for them in any way. > --------------------------------------- > _______________________________________________ LUG mailing list [email protected] http://kym.net/mailman/listinfo/lug %LUG is generously hosted by INFOCOM http://www.infocom.co.ug/ The above comments and data are owned by whoever posted them (including attachments if any). The List's Host is not responsible for them in any way. ---------------------------------------
