Messages in this thread | | | Date | Wed, 06 Sep 2000 15:28:26 -0600 | From | "Jeff V. Merkey" <> | Subject | Re: Availability of kdb |
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Linus Torvalds wrote: > > In article <39B6A683.3F75DC9D@timpanogas.com>, > Jeff V. Merkey <jmerkey@timpanogas.com> wrote: > >Linus Torvalds wrote: > > > >> Apparently, if you follow the arguments, not having a kernel debugger > >> leads to various maladies: > >> - you crash when something goes wrong, and you fsck and it takes forever > >> and you get frustrated. > >> - people have given up on Linux kernel programming because it's too hard > >> and too time-consuming > >> - it takes longer to create new features. > >> > >> And nobody has explained to me why these are _bad_ things. > > > >They are bad because they cost people money that could be spent more > >productively in other areas due to the lengthening of the development > >process and the support costs. > > Ehh.. > > Explain to me again why I should care? > > Read my posting again. Read the "I'm a bastard" part twice. Realize > that in the end, I don't care who speds money, time, and effort. In the > end, I think that we're better off _without_ code that hasn't been > thought through. > > More code, more people, more money. Why should I think they are good > things? > > The people, the projects, the companies that come though that test of > fire victorious are not only stronger for it, but more importantly, they > are the kind of people, projects adn companies who DID get through. > Dedicated. Smart. And careful. > > Think of rabbits. And think of how the wolf helps them in the end. Not > by being nice, no. But the rabbits breed, and they are better for having > to worry a bit.
You know those huge, sharp teeth on the wolf? Want to make them longer and sharper? Put in a kernel debugger, Linus, and the wolf will be even more ferocious. I appreciate the honest, open response, BTW.
Jeff
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