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Date:      Mon, 11 Dec 2000 14:05:09 -0700
From:      Wes Peters <wes@softweyr.com>
To:        Jonas Bulow <jonas.bulow@servicefactory.se>
Cc:        hackers@FreeBSD.ORG
Subject:   Re: kqueue microbenchmark results
Message-ID:  <3A354185.22BCF762@softweyr.com>
References:  <20001024225637.A54554@prism.flugsvamp.com> <39F6655A.353FD236@alumni.caltech.edu> <20001025115457.X28123@fw.wintelcom.net> <20001025170117.C87091@prism.flugsvamp.com> <20001207154925.A25785@walton.maths.tcd.ie> <3A30E115.CF7C76E8@newsguy.com> <3A31120E.3536F07D@alumni.caltech.edu> <3A3504DC.9273A77A@servicefactory.se>

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Jonas Bulow wrote:
> 
> Dan Kegel wrote:
> ...
> > Don't jump to conclusions.  He's honestly trying to
> > understand what the optimal interface would be.
> > Let him catch up.  Help him understand the requirements
> > which motivated the kqueue design and why his proposed
> > system call does not meet them.
> >
> > His role right now is to keep the kernel as simple as possible.
> > You need to prove that his proposed interface is simpler than possible :-)
> 
> A simple way to keep the kernel simple:
> http://linuxtoday.com/news_story.php3?ltsn=2000-12-09-013-20-NW-GN-KN

Device drivers in Perl.  What a spectacularly bad idea.  ;^)

-- 
            "Where am I, and what am I doing in this handbasket?"

Wes Peters                                                         Softweyr LLC
wes@softweyr.com                                           http://softweyr.com/


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