From mboxrd@z Thu Jan 1 00:00:00 1970 X-Msuck: nntp://news.gmane.org/gmane.linux.lib.musl.general/3555 Path: news.gmane.org!not-for-mail From: Jeremy Huntwork Newsgroups: gmane.linux.lib.musl.general Subject: Re: New articles on ewontfix Date: Fri, 5 Jul 2013 11:31:53 -0400 Message-ID: References: <20130704164845.GA14035@brightrain.aerifal.cx> <4F9B79E1CAB949A2B6315F4A2AB900FE@lightcubesolutions.com> <20130704175806.GQ29800@brightrain.aerifal.cx> Reply-To: musl@lists.openwall.com NNTP-Posting-Host: plane.gmane.org Mime-Version: 1.0 (Mac OS X Mail 6.5 \(1508\)) Content-Type: text/plain; charset=us-ascii Content-Transfer-Encoding: quoted-printable X-Trace: ger.gmane.org 1373038329 25748 80.91.229.3 (5 Jul 2013 15:32:09 GMT) X-Complaints-To: usenet@ger.gmane.org NNTP-Posting-Date: Fri, 5 Jul 2013 15:32:09 +0000 (UTC) To: musl@lists.openwall.com Original-X-From: musl-return-3559-gllmg-musl=m.gmane.org@lists.openwall.com Fri Jul 05 17:32:11 2013 Return-path: Envelope-to: gllmg-musl@plane.gmane.org Original-Received: from mother.openwall.net ([195.42.179.200]) by plane.gmane.org with smtp (Exim 4.69) (envelope-from ) id 1Uv7zV-0001J1-Sp for gllmg-musl@plane.gmane.org; Fri, 05 Jul 2013 17:32:09 +0200 Original-Received: (qmail 24298 invoked by uid 550); 5 Jul 2013 15:32:08 -0000 Mailing-List: contact musl-help@lists.openwall.com; run by ezmlm Precedence: bulk List-Post: List-Help: List-Unsubscribe: List-Subscribe: Original-Received: (qmail 24287 invoked from network); 5 Jul 2013 15:32:08 -0000 X-Google-DKIM-Signature: v=1; a=rsa-sha256; c=relaxed/relaxed; d=google.com; s=20120113; h=content-type:mime-version:subject:from:in-reply-to:date :content-transfer-encoding:message-id:references:to:x-mailer :x-gm-message-state; bh=nj3BvqfIpnCkqLJoDvc5atxQWDB+Y7Su0QgvexKS79Y=; b=Ict6Xgx9SPX18QhaZ7Oy4NSfHhz7QhVpcB6GeZStrs4gq9PD5A0B/2TfM6aAHZU+kP admu8BIRuUfK9f37vgs+00KLUPpBE3tGQFDq+RlVN3zNbi9zEusWpF7GdUlecZe5/rrn npBxDCRVSGOsiBJFNsvd4EgIcdyAPQY92Pv7snmaDRuYsrrzZIiCcVIOSVYljMRrXxHV 3UTLOvlRw4SrvQWEb2F4n8UJrHwJVmLAxMa+IQQfooASoA2IVHbuAofVxDwJ/YosWaPs gamG0LGFBJCh3vXMnVlNNuvU0YNtoCKG8Mkv+K4zZ7TtaorN3mIbrR6fTWQTPHzHBRCy b4nA== X-Received: by 10.236.111.162 with SMTP id w22mr6061732yhg.213.1373038316010; Fri, 05 Jul 2013 08:31:56 -0700 (PDT) In-Reply-To: <20130704175806.GQ29800@brightrain.aerifal.cx> X-Mailer: Apple Mail (2.1508) X-Gm-Message-State: ALoCoQmTuM0pTT5Y/eJFIMezdFjyBlx+R9wLI2q3lszziVfUSoUzTdbMIN6fScwm6njdAgTeAE2T Xref: news.gmane.org gmane.linux.lib.musl.general:3555 Archived-At: On Jul 4, 2013, at 1:58 PM, Rich Felker wrote: >> I really enjoyed these, thanks! >=20 > Thanks for the feedback. BTW, I think it's really nice how the > widespread adoption of version control systems and web interfaces for > them has made it possible to cite source so easily, in such a way that > readers can go directly to the code I'm talking about and see for > themselves what it's doing. Yep, it's at the point now where you can pretty much take it for = granted. Only after you commented did I recall what it was like a few = years back when typically the best you had was grabbing a cvs snapshot = for yourself and examining the code locally. Rich, you have the rare ability of being able communicate technical = details in a way that is easy to understand and not horribly dry to = read. If you ever have time and motivation, I would love to read an = article from you about what makes good software. For example, pitfalls = to avoid in C (esp. ones that even experienced devs fall into). Or good = design decisions on the Unix/Linux platform vs poor design decisions - = writing good code that is both efficient and scalable.=20 I know you're busy and many of these things one can find piecemeal on = the internets. (E.g., Rob Landley has some good thoughts on his toybox = list about cleaning up code contributions to toybox.) Still, having one = good article that is a joy to read makes a huge difference. JH=