From: Lucio De Re <lucio@proxima.alt.za>
To: 9fans@cse.psu.edu
Subject: Re: [9fans] /sys/src/^(9 boot)^/pc/memory.c
Date: Wed, 18 Sep 2002 14:08:14 +0200 [thread overview]
Message-ID: <20020918140813.Q15130@cackle.proxima.alt.za> (raw)
In-Reply-To: <215053804.1032352923@[10.149.2.206]>; from rob pike, esq. on Wed, Sep 18, 2002 at 12:42:05PM -0400
On Wed, Sep 18, 2002 at 12:42:05PM -0400, rob pike, esq. wrote:
>
> That wasn't my point. My point was that I don't consider an
> absolute necessity that every possible device be supported.
> I favor simplicity and maintainability over universality.
>
There's tension between these objectives, with the marketplace
driving one end and good practice resisting.
I vote on your side, but I accept that there is a price to pay.
I particularly baulk when backwards compatibility suffers, because
obsolescence is unaffordable but unstoppable in the third world
(developing countries).
Guess who's keenly aware that the World Summit on Sustainable
Development was held on his doorstep?
++L
next prev parent reply other threads:[~2002-09-18 12:08 UTC|newest]
Thread overview: 23+ messages / expand[flat|nested] mbox.gz Atom feed top
2002-09-17 23:13 rob pike, esq.
2002-09-18 4:18 ` Lucio De Re
2002-09-18 16:42 ` rob pike, esq.
2002-09-18 12:08 ` Lucio De Re [this message]
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2002-09-18 16:46 Charles Forsyth
2002-09-18 11:38 Russ Cox
2002-09-18 23:21 ` paurea
2002-09-18 4:49 Russ Cox
2002-09-18 5:02 ` Lucio De Re
2002-09-18 1:26 Russ Cox
2002-09-18 5:31 ` paurea
2002-09-17 22:58 Russ Cox
2002-09-17 23:41 ` paurea
2002-09-17 22:56 rob pike, esq.
[not found] <dhog@plan9.bell-labs.com>
2002-09-17 22:04 ` David Gordon Hogan
2002-09-17 22:08 ` Scott Schwartz
2002-09-17 7:57 Charles Forsyth
2002-09-17 15:13 ` Axel Belinfante
2002-09-17 20:08 ` Axel Belinfante
2002-09-17 20:37 ` Axel Belinfante
2002-09-17 4:19 YAMANASHI Takeshi
2002-09-17 2:58 Russ Cox
2002-09-17 2:40 YAMANASHI Takeshi
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