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SubjectRe: Ken Thompson interview in IEEE Computer magazine (fwd)
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Can there be an OS without sucking code?  What hardware will it be
compatible with? There would be a lot less sucking code in most OSs if
hardware did what it was supposed to in terms of implementation. I destroy
a bad NE2k clone to help the cause.
-----Original Message-----
From: Alexander Viro <viro@math.psu.edu>
To: Nat Lanza <magus@cs.cmu.edu>
Cc: linux-kernel@vger.rutgers.edu <linux-kernel@vger.rutgers.edu>
Date: Tuesday, May 04, 1999 1:55 PM
Subject: Re: Ken Thompson interview in IEEE Computer magazine (fwd)


>
>
>On 4 May 1999, Nat Lanza wrote:
>
>> John Hayward-Warburton <linux@billabong.demon.co.uk> writes:
>>
>> > I absolutely agree. Let's treat this man with a huge amount of
>> > respect. Perhaps he's read old code? Seen badly set-up systems? Not
>> > got much first-hand experience of the Linux kernel? Maybe his
>> > interview was badly sub-edited by the publisher (it occasionally
>> > happens)?
>>
>> I'm pretty amazed at the responses to this thread. Can you folks
>> really not take criticism any better than this? Someone who thinks
>> Linux code is uneven and shoddy in places must obviously be sad,
>> bitter, and misinformed?
>
>Sorry, you've misread it. What I said is that getting such comments is
>bitter and sad. Especially from Ken. As for sucking code - heck, *indeed*
>we have it. Read l-k for a while and you'll see rants on that very topic
>*here*.
>
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