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Darren New wrote:
> I think it's not so much that Linus T said "If I make it look like UNIX,
> I can use all the tools." I think it was probably at least as much "If
> I make it look like UNIX, I won't have to figure out how an OS *should*
> work." Hence, it starts out with all the brokenness of UNIX, then
> slowly piles on even more patches to try to make it useful, as long as
> you're not trying to maintain binary compatibility anyway.
The mental image of coding a broken system from scratch and then piling
more complexity on top really amused me for some reason.
I guess because it's so true. ;-)
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