Messages in this thread | | | Date | Wed, 21 Sep 2005 15:07:19 -0700 | From | Hans Reiser <> | Subject | Re: I request inclusion of reiser4 in the mainline kernel |
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Nikita Danilov wrote:
>Hans Reiser writes: > >[...] > > > > > > Yes, and one can compensate for them fairly cleanly. I can't say more > > without the customer releasing the code first. > >That's the point: text-book algorithms are usually useless as is. They >need adjustments and changes to work in real life. > >Nikita. > > > > Yes, but you want to understand the textbook algorithms first before you tweak. If you don't understand why least block number first is inferior to real elevator.....
There is value to reading the classics of literature, even though they are always simplistic compared to real life.
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