From owner-freebsd-current Sun Sep 27 00:26:51 1998 Return-Path: Received: (from majordom@localhost) by hub.freebsd.org (8.8.8/8.8.8) id AAA23946 for freebsd-current-outgoing; Sun, 27 Sep 1998 00:26:51 -0700 (PDT) (envelope-from owner-freebsd-current@FreeBSD.ORG) Received: from critter.freebsd.dk (critter.freebsd.dk [212.242.40.131]) by hub.freebsd.org (8.8.8/8.8.8) with ESMTP id AAA23941 for ; Sun, 27 Sep 1998 00:26:49 -0700 (PDT) (envelope-from phk@critter.freebsd.dk) Received: from critter.freebsd.dk (localhost [127.0.0.1]) by critter.freebsd.dk (8.9.1/8.8.5) with ESMTP id JAA11146; Sun, 27 Sep 1998 09:21:34 +0200 (CEST) To: David Holland cc: gibbs@narnia.plutotech.com, current@FreeBSD.ORG Subject: Re: Current is Really Broken(tm) In-reply-to: Your message of "Sun, 27 Sep 1998 02:59:31 EDT." <98Sep27.025935edt.37768-5346@qew.cs.toronto.edu> Date: Sun, 27 Sep 1998 09:21:34 +0200 Message-ID: <11144.906880894@critter.freebsd.dk> From: Poul-Henning Kamp Sender: owner-freebsd-current@FreeBSD.ORG Precedence: bulk X-Loop: FreeBSD.ORG In message <98Sep27.025935edt.37768-5346@qew.cs.toronto.edu>, David Holland writes: > > >I think this is a false dichotomy; the way I'd probably implement it > > >if I set out on such a project is neither of these, but a mixture, as > > >follows: > > > > I pretty much thought so a couple of years ago as well. > > > > Then I tried to implement it. > >Heheh. Well, I already wrote half of one of these things. >but in theory it *should* work... Well, yes, so did the Beirut peace accord, the bosnian cease-fire and the "peace in our time" letter-of-intent. There is an awful lot of space between "it *should* work" and "it *does* work". >although I'll grant I forgot to design in removable media. Those are not really as much trouble as one would think. -- Poul-Henning Kamp FreeBSD coreteam member phk@FreeBSD.ORG "Real hackers run -current on their laptop." "ttyv0" -- What UNIX calls a $20K state-of-the-art, 3D, hi-res color terminal To Unsubscribe: send mail to majordomo@FreeBSD.org with "unsubscribe freebsd-current" in the body of the message