[Info-vax] OS implementation languages

[Arne Vajhøj]

On 9/6/2023 4:13 PM, bill wrote:
> On 9/6/2023 11:28 AM, Johnny Billquist wrote:
>> On 2023-09-05 21:31, candycane wrote:
>>>   > SIGINFO on FreeBSD.
>>>
>>>   JB> I think all BSD systems (including OSX). And the nice thing 
>>> being that
>>>   JB> SIGINFO can be made to be generated when you hit ^T (or 
>>> whatever other
>>>   JB> character you fancy).
>>>
>>> Wow, I wish Linux had that feature.
>>
>> Indeed. It's kindof actually a mystery to me why Linux have not 
>> adopted this...
> 
> Based on the comments that followed this I can easily see why
> Linux doesn't have it.  Most of the BSD people either have been
> around since this was popular or have followed the rest of us
> rather closely.  Linux people are mostly those with no real
> long term history in the Unix (or other real OS) world and
> would rather worship at the altar of Stallman than actually
> do real computers and OSes.

Linux has been around for almost 32 years. Not as long as Unix,
but most would call it long term.

And Linus Torvalds has expressed skepticism/criticism of RMS & FSF
many times - "worship" is not even close to reality.

Arne