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From: Dan Stromberg <drsalists@gmail.com>
To: Dan Cross <crossd@gmail.com>
Cc: TUHS main list <tuhs@minnie.tuhs.org>
Subject: Re: [TUHS] v7 source code for sh
Date: Mon, 21 Feb 2022 20:54:53 -0800	[thread overview]
Message-ID: <CAGGBd_pubSCrM=a0JLyLSPhw4_OLmvTmDyk0myXbhLxuRE5ZiA@mail.gmail.com> (raw)
In-Reply-To: <CAEoi9W6Y29yEzdYjSOpHhWWm+Dtb6Bm9EVhDMcfje6i3Pcu+dw@mail.gmail.com>

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On Sun, Feb 20, 2022 at 5:05 PM Dan Cross <crossd@gmail.com> wrote:

>
> At this point, it feels like the die has been cast. Readline, or something
> like it, is "good enough" and those working with something plan9-like don't
> need the functionality at all. Arguably, on Unix-style systems it would be
> cleaner to do in the kernel, but aside from aesthetics, what's the
> incentive to change?
>

Actually, isn't it usually better to put functionality in userspace
libraries than inside an OS kernel, where feasible?

Big kernels are buggier and less secure.

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  reply	other threads:[~2022-02-22  4:57 UTC|newest]

Thread overview: 30+ messages / expand[flat|nested]  mbox.gz  Atom feed  top
2022-02-19 17:44 Bakul Shah
2022-02-19 18:44 ` Rob Pike
2022-02-19 19:29   ` Clem Cole
2022-02-19 22:39   ` John Cowan
2022-02-19 23:11     ` Sven Mascheck
2022-02-19 23:34       ` Rob Pike
2022-02-19 23:36       ` silas poulson
2022-02-20 20:54       ` Chet Ramey
2022-02-20 21:02         ` Larry McVoy
2022-02-20 21:19           ` Chet Ramey
2022-02-20 21:19         ` Lyndon Nerenberg (VE7TFX/VE6BBM)
2022-02-20 22:39           ` Chet Ramey
2022-02-21  1:01             ` Dan Cross
2022-02-22  4:54               ` Dan Stromberg [this message]
2022-02-22  5:39                 ` Rob Pike
2022-02-22  5:54                   ` George Michaelson
  -- strict thread matches above, loose matches on Subject: below --
2022-02-22  3:07 Brian Walden
2022-02-22 14:28 ` Chet Ramey
2022-02-22 14:47 ` Clem Cole
2022-02-21 17:58 Norman Wilson
2022-02-21 18:10 ` Rob Pike
2022-02-20  7:24 Rudi Blom
2022-02-19 15:43 Will Senn
2022-02-19 16:03 ` Steve Nickolas
2022-02-19 16:07   ` Clem Cole
2022-02-19 16:43   ` Steve Nickolas
2022-02-19 17:24   ` Ron Natalie
2022-02-19 16:04 ` Clem Cole
2022-02-19 16:06 ` Bakul Shah
2022-02-19 16:57   ` Will Senn

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