From mboxrd@z Thu Jan 1 00:00:00 1970 MIME-Version: 1.0 In-Reply-To: <7769a67a9fbc1fae2186ff9315457e0d@ladd.quanstro.net> References: <201102181445.41877.dexen.devries@gmail.com> <201102181753.30125.dexen.devries@gmail.com> <7769a67a9fbc1fae2186ff9315457e0d@ladd.quanstro.net> Date: Fri, 18 Feb 2011 09:52:42 -0800 Message-ID: From: John Floren To: Fans of the OS Plan 9 from Bell Labs <9fans@9fans.net> Content-Type: text/plain; charset=ISO-8859-1 Content-Transfer-Encoding: quoted-printable Subject: Re: [9fans] Modern development language for Plan 9, WAS: Re: RESOLVED: recoving important header file rudely Topicbox-Message-UUID: b0f0ff3e-ead6-11e9-9d60-3106f5b1d025 On Fri, Feb 18, 2011 at 9:21 AM, erik quanstrom wro= te: > linux optimization is a ratrace. =A0you are only judged on > the immediate effect on your subsystem, not the system > as a whole. =A0so unless you play the game, your system will > appear to regress over time as other optimizers take resources > away from you. On the other hand, how many optimizations have been put into the Plan 9 kernel recently? If Linux adds 100 optimizations a year, I bet at least a few of them are going to actually improve things. Is it better to have optimized and failed than never to have optimized at all? John