Date: Fri, 05 Feb 1999 17:24:35 +0900 From: "Daniel C. Sobral" <dcs@newsguy.com> To: Sheldon Hearn <axl@iafrica.com> Cc: Mike Smith <mike@smith.net.au>, hackers@FreeBSD.ORG Subject: Incredibly bad ideas Message-ID: <36BAAAC3.469DAA06@newsguy.com> References: <64244.918164186@axl.noc.iafrica.com>
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Sheldon Hearn wrote: > > Is this a misperception? If the vast majority of users wanted something > that was an incredibly bad idea, would it be adopted within FreeBSD or > turfed out? It just so happens that when a vast majority of users want something, quite a few of them happen to be committers too, and thus make the notion of what is an "incredibly bad idea" a little confusing. Case in point, sendfile(). Without laying down any judgment, I have heard plenty convincing opinions that this is an "incredibly bad idea". I, myself, can't shake a feeling that this a hack. But there were plenty people clamoring for it, and I guess there were committers/core members that did not think it as an "incredibly bad idea". So, while the theoretical question is interesting, I guess it will never happen in reality. -- Daniel C. Sobral (8-DCS) dcs@newsguy.com Well, as a computer geek, I have to believe in the binary universe. To Unsubscribe: send mail to majordomo@FreeBSD.org with "unsubscribe freebsd-hackers" in the body of the message
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