From owner-freebsd-questions@FreeBSD.ORG Sun Dec 21 17:33:19 2014 Return-Path: Delivered-To: freebsd-questions@freebsd.org Received: from mx1.freebsd.org (mx1.freebsd.org [IPv6:2001:1900:2254:206a::19:1]) (using TLSv1.2 with cipher AECDH-AES256-SHA (256/256 bits)) (No client certificate requested) by hub.freebsd.org (Postfix) with ESMTPS id A6024A74 for ; Sun, 21 Dec 2014 17:33:19 +0000 (UTC) Received: from fly.hiwaay.net (fly.hiwaay.net [216.180.54.1]) (using TLSv1 with cipher DHE-RSA-AES256-SHA (256/256 bits)) (Client did not present a certificate) by mx1.freebsd.org (Postfix) with ESMTPS id 58F093E89 for ; Sun, 21 Dec 2014 17:33:19 +0000 (UTC) Received: from kabini1.local (rbn1-216-180-19-58.adsl.hiwaay.net [216.180.19.58]) (authenticated bits=0) by fly.hiwaay.net (8.13.8/8.13.8/fly) with ESMTP id sBLHXC3E011000 (version=TLSv1/SSLv3 cipher=DHE-RSA-AES128-SHA bits=128 verify=NO) for ; Sun, 21 Dec 2014 11:33:12 -0600 Message-ID: <549705CE.1050108@hiwaay.net> Date: Sun, 21 Dec 2014 11:39:26 -0600 From: "William A. Mahaffey III" User-Agent: Mozilla/5.0 (X11; FreeBSD amd64; rv:31.0) Gecko/20100101 Thunderbird/31.2.0 MIME-Version: 1.0 CC: freebsd-questions@freebsd.org Subject: Re: posix has been rendered useless, isn't it? References: <20141221155635.GA1388@aio> <20141221175658.3d574a88.freebsd@edvax.de> In-Reply-To: <20141221175658.3d574a88.freebsd@edvax.de> Content-Type: text/plain; charset=windows-1252; format=flowed Content-Transfer-Encoding: 7bit X-BeenThere: freebsd-questions@freebsd.org X-Mailman-Version: 2.1.18-1 Precedence: list List-Id: User questions List-Unsubscribe: , List-Archive: List-Post: List-Help: List-Subscribe: , X-List-Received-Date: Sun, 21 Dec 2014 17:33:19 -0000 On 12/21/14 10:56, Polytropon wrote: > On Sun, 21 Dec 2014 21:26:37 +0530, Mayuresh Kathe wrote: >> i have been studying the unix way of doing things, >> i.e. tool-chaining to combine small programs for >> accomplishing a solution. > A noble goal. > > > >> but, almost none of today's servers built for any >> of today's unix-like systems adhere to the unix >> philosophy. most of them instead, are large >> applications. > The creation of monolithic applications can be a > problem sometimes. It's often being accellerated > by GUI paradigms where "one big program" is, often > on the basic of object oriented programming (and > the typical misunderstandings and misconceptions > of that orientation), being "required" - you simply > cannot easily apply the UNIX principles here. > Correctly applied OOP is (kinda) an extension of the UNIX philosophy .... Well designed/documented/implemented objects can be assembled into useful (compiled) programs readily & quickly. Incorrectly applied, or crappy objects & you have a mess .... -- William A. Mahaffey III ---------------------------------------------------------------------- "The M1 Garand is without doubt the finest implement of war ever devised by man." -- Gen. George S. Patton Jr.