| integral | The trick isn't rewriting, it's deleting stuff. |
| rindolf | integral: refactoring it. |
| integral | Writing a kernel for a specific use is really trivial |
| rindolf | integral: probably. jagerman: everyone can write a toy C compiler. But getting it to the level of gcc requires a lot of work. |
| integral | The bugger is the generic code that's common across architectures, when you don't have some of them to test on. |
| rindolf | And gcc is still lacking in some respects. |
| jagerman | rindolf: If you had an idea of how you could write a kernel that would be better than the linux or freebsd kernels, I would encourage you to do so. |
| rindolf | "Better be a tail to the lions than the head of the jackals." |
| jagerman | rindolf: The thing is, even if you don't succeed, you may well create concepts along the way that others can use to improve other systems. |
| rindolf | I'd rather be a kernel janitor and refactorer than someone who wrote his own toy kernel from scratch. |
| Randal | if at first you don't succeed, quote a witty phrase! |
| rindolf | Randal: heh. |
| integral | Feh, by writing your own you can learn a whole lot of stuff you just *can't* from reading and refactoring. |
| Randal | despair.com rocks |
| integral | sheesh, there's no need to start banning people. |
| Randal | if at first you don't succeed, quote a witty phrase!| Please see and add yourself to http://www.frappr.com/freenodeperl/ better to call heads or tails in the air! |
| jagerman | heh |
| rindolf | integral: I wasn't. I was changing the topic. Relaaaaax! |
| Randal | wow. I'm full of it this morning. :) |
| rindolf | Did anyone of you read Ephraim Kishon? |
| perlygatekeeper | Randal: can we kick rando so your name is easier to autocomplete? Randal: What's wrong today? |
| rindolf | jagerman: don't worry - I'll protect you from the hit-men Joel Spolsky will send to kill you with my life! jagerman: I'm sorry if you're offended. |
| Randal | wrong today? |
| jagerman | rindolf: I'm not offended at all. |
| rindolf | jagerman: OK. I'm just in a funny mood. |
| perlygatekeeper | or "this morning" rather |
| rindolf | Or sarcastic. jagerman: I have hypomania now. |
| jagerman | rindolf: I'm just pointing out that building on something that exists isn't always the best direction. |
| rindolf | jagerman: maybe. |
| jagerman | Especially when what you want doesn't fit well with what currently exists. |
| rindolf | jagerman: sure. |
| jagerman | rindolf: And that's how I feel in this situation |