[<prev] [next>] [<thread-prev] [thread-next>] [day] [month] [year] [list]
Message-ID: <CACCP0GoukU2GPHJ7WVdqNQB5wNQQ_gdqj=VAEQK2f7BfV0uiMA@mail.gmail.com>
Date: Tue, 3 Dec 2013 20:11:57 +0000
From: Raphael Cohn <raphael.cohn@...rmmq.com>
To: musl@...ts.openwall.com
Subject: Re: _PATH_LASTLOG
Yes, I very much accept that. Email isn't the best way for me of
communicating a lot of thought in a few words!
Raphael Cohn
Chief Architect, stormmq
Co-Chair, OASIS MQTT Standard
Secretary, OASIS AMQP Standard
raphael.cohn@...rmmq.com
+44 7590 675 756
UK Office:
Hamblethorpe Farm, Crag Lane, Bradley BD20 9DB, North Yorkshire, United
Kingdom
Telephone: +44 845 3712 567
Registered office:
16 Anchor Street, Chelmsford, Essex, CM2 0JY, United Kingdom
StormMQ Limited is Registered in England and Wales under Company Number
07175657
StormMQ.com
On 3 December 2013 20:03, Laurent Bercot <ska-dietlibc@...rnet.org> wrote:
>
> Everything I've seen so far, including the GNU toolchain, autoconf, m4,
>> make, libtool (uggh) and its ilk has only confirmed my prejudices
>> - too much ego and high theory, not enough real-world pragmatism.
>> Indeed, most of it seems to be more about copying what was already done
>> without really understanding why it was done the way it was, rather than
>> innovating...
>>
>
> You have to remember that GNU started as, and remained, a political
> project, not a
> technical project. The point of GNU was to rewrite patent-encumbered Unix
> as free
> software: the point was not to innovate or produce quality code. You
> should view
> GNU as a proof-of-concept project, which it really started as;
> unfortunately, a lot
> of today's applications are still relying on a proof-of-concept
> implementation.
>
> Grats on making the switch, and welcome to the world of real,
> technically-focused
> implementations. ;)
>
> --
> Laurent
>
>
Content of type "text/html" skipped
Powered by blists - more mailing lists
Confused about mailing lists and their use?
Read about mailing lists on Wikipedia
and check out these
guidelines on proper formatting of your messages.
