From mboxrd@z Thu Jan 1 00:00:00 1970 From: Lyndon Nerenberg To: 9fans@cse.psu.edu Subject: Re: [9fans] Re: configure misery Message-ID: <2147483647.1069000663@[192.168.42.6]> In-Reply-To: <200311162143.hAGLhel18843@augusta.math.psu.edu> References: <200311162143.hAGLhel18843@augusta.math.psu.edu> MIME-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: text/plain; charset=us-ascii; format=flowed Content-Transfer-Encoding: 7bit Content-Disposition: inline Date: Sun, 16 Nov 2003 16:37:43 -0700 Topicbox-Message-UUID: 8cdad408-eacc-11e9-9e20-41e7f4b1d025 --On Sunday, November 16, 2003 4:43 PM -0500 Dan Cross wrote: > The thing is, the BSD source code isn't that much better than the GNU > stuff, especially now. It seems to be growing without bound. This isn't specific to just BSD and GNU. It's a general problem attributable to the large number of new programmers who haven't been mentored by people who understand the elegance of uncomplicated code and tools. This feeds upon itself, and once it reaches critical mass.... Retreating into plan9 is a way to avoid dealing with this problem, but if nobody teaches these folks the error of their ways, how can it ever stop? I don't think most of us have the energy to attempt that any more. (Or in my case, the patience.) --lyndon