[Info-vax] openvms and xterm

motk meh at meh.meh
Tue Apr 30 01:15:43 EDT 2024


On 28/04/2024 2:13 am, 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.
> Strangely  enough, but "elegance" really does apply in many such
> cases, and is what many software engineers strive for.

Plan9 has ruined so many brains.

Nice veiled insult, I guess?


>  > It really sounds like you just need to sit down, read the documentation
>  > from the systemd and distro side, and work out what works for you.
>  > Sitting around carping at what is now an established industry standard
>  > because 'elegance' isn't how I choose to spend my time.

> 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,
> though I guess design elegance does depend on personal opinion.

You sure have plenty of opinions to chuck over the fence though.


-- 
motk




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