From mboxrd@z Thu Jan 1 00:00:00 1970 To: 9fans@cse.psu.edu From: "Douglas A. Gwyn" Message-ID: <3C0D65C0.457E5C4E@null.net> Content-Type: text/plain; charset=us-ascii Content-Transfer-Encoding: 7bit References: , <48effcda.0112022010.d4a2c9f@posting.google.com> Subject: Re: [9fans] design issues in operating systems Date: Wed, 5 Dec 2001 09:56:33 +0000 Topicbox-Message-UUID: 2fcd3104-eaca-11e9-9e20-41e7f4b1d025 north_ wrote: > Design is in actuality nothing more than a personal concept. Design > itself is a facade. ... ? Design is a process by which requirements are combined with resources, knowledge, and experience to produce a sufficiently good solution. The hardest part is getting a handle on the *real* requirements, as experienced systems analysts can attest. For example, one Plan 9 requirement seems to be that the people working on its development have fun doing that, so any design that doesn't take that into account would be a poor one.