[Info-vax] openvms and xterm

[chrisq]

On 4/27/24 23:53, Lawrence D'Oliveiro wrote:
> On Sat, 27 Apr 2024 17:13:05 +0100, chrisq wrote:
> 
>> If you had ever worked on serious system design, you would realise that
>> reliable system design depends on strict partitioning and encapsulation.
>> Layered functionality, with defined interfaces.
> 
> All of which applies to systemd, its config definition system and its
> APIs. It is very much modular. The irreducible core is the systemd init
> process, journald and udevd. That’s it. There are 69 individual binaries
> if you choose to build everything, but all except that core are optional.

I read the article linked to elsewhere. Something like >60 separate 
binaries for all the functionality. It's entrails into every aspect of
the system, far more than that needed for init.

One ring to rule them all too many, imho.

> 
> And the fact they are separate binaries should tell you how modular
> everything is.
> 
>> No, I don't need to sit down and spend hours reading docs on
>> something I don't need for my work and that is wrong by design .,..
> 
> <http://0pointer.de/blog/projects/the-biggest-myths.html>
> 
> (Posted here not for the person I’m replying to, but for the sake of those
> willing to learn.)