From mboxrd@z Thu Jan 1 00:00:00 1970 Return-Path: X-Spam-Checker-Version: SpamAssassin 3.4.4 (2020-01-24) on inbox.vuxu.org X-Spam-Level: X-Spam-Status: No, score=-0.8 required=5.0 tests=HEADER_FROM_DIFFERENT_DOMAINS, MAILING_LIST_MULTI,T_SCC_BODY_TEXT_LINE autolearn=ham autolearn_force=no version=3.4.4 Received: from minnie.tuhs.org (minnie.tuhs.org [50.116.15.146]) by inbox.vuxu.org (Postfix) with ESMTP id 43ADE2BA19 for ; Mon, 17 Jun 2024 03:05:40 +0200 (CEST) Received: from minnie.tuhs.org (localhost [IPv6:::1]) by minnie.tuhs.org (Postfix) with ESMTP id AA7F343290; Mon, 17 Jun 2024 11:05:36 +1000 (AEST) Received: from mcvoy.com (mcvoy.com [192.169.23.250]) by minnie.tuhs.org (Postfix) with ESMTPS id 2CFB74326F for ; Mon, 17 Jun 2024 11:05:33 +1000 (AEST) Received: by mcvoy.com (Postfix, from userid 3546) id A92A635EA11; Sun, 16 Jun 2024 18:05:32 -0700 (PDT) Date: Sun, 16 Jun 2024 18:05:32 -0700 From: Larry McVoy To: Noel Chiappa Message-ID: <20240617010532.GC12821@mcvoy.com> References: <20240617004816.C28BC18C098@mercury.lcs.mit.edu> MIME-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: text/plain; charset=us-ascii Content-Disposition: inline In-Reply-To: <20240617004816.C28BC18C098@mercury.lcs.mit.edu> User-Agent: Mutt/1.5.24 (2015-08-30) Message-ID-Hash: 6APJMHDNYZXFHJUWEWG23GFWNE6HWH46 X-Message-ID-Hash: 6APJMHDNYZXFHJUWEWG23GFWNE6HWH46 X-MailFrom: lm@mcvoy.com X-Mailman-Rule-Misses: dmarc-mitigation; no-senders; approved; emergency; loop; banned-address; member-moderation; nonmember-moderation; administrivia; implicit-dest; max-recipients; max-size; news-moderation; no-subject; digests; suspicious-header CC: tuhs@tuhs.org X-Mailman-Version: 3.3.6b1 Precedence: list Subject: [TUHS] Re: Version 256 of systemd boasts '42% less Unix philosophy' The Register List-Id: The Unix Heritage Society mailing list Archived-At: List-Archive: List-Help: List-Owner: List-Post: List-Subscribe: List-Unsubscribe: On Sun, Jun 16, 2024 at 08:48:16PM -0400, Noel Chiappa wrote: > > From: Clem Cole > > > Frankly my major complaint with much of the modern world is that when we > > ignore the past > > "There are two kinds of fools. One says, 'This is old, therefore it is good'; > the other says, 'This is new, therefore it is better.'" -- Dean Inge, quoted > by John Brunner in "The Shockwave Rider". "Want to be a hero in the computer science world? Find a good paper from 5 or 10 years ago and rewrite it. Everyone will think you're a genius" -- Ron Minnich I paraphrased, Ron, feel free to correct me. -- --- Larry McVoy Retired to fishing http://www.mcvoy.com/lm/boat