Messages in this thread | | | Date | Tue, 19 Jun 2001 10:20:37 -0700 | From | Mike Castle <> | Subject | Re: Alan Cox quote? (was: Re: accounting for threads) |
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On Tue, Jun 19, 2001 at 09:09:56AM -0700, Larry McVoy wrote: > Another one that I can't believe I forgot is from Rob Pike: > > "If you think you need threads then your processes are too fat"
Pike also to have said, "Not only is UNIX dead, it's starting to smell bad."
Also, I could never actually find the "too fat" quote anywhere. Best I could find was one of Pike's papers on the plan9 site. Best that I can tell is that both of these quotes are Urban Legends.
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