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SubjectRe: 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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