From mboxrd@z Thu Jan 1 00:00:00 1970 From: Lucio De Re To: 9fans@cse.psu.edu Subject: Re: [9fans] /sys/src/^(9 boot)^/pc/memory.c Message-ID: <20020918140813.Q15130@cackle.proxima.alt.za> References: <20020918061825.B6063@cackle.proxima.alt.za> <215053804.1032352923@[10.149.2.206]> Mime-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: text/plain; charset=us-ascii In-Reply-To: <215053804.1032352923@[10.149.2.206]>; from rob pike, esq. on Wed, Sep 18, 2002 at 12:42:05PM -0400 Date: Wed, 18 Sep 2002 14:08:14 +0200 Topicbox-Message-UUID: ee6f1cd0-eaca-11e9-9e20-41e7f4b1d025 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