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I might be mistaken, please correct me if I'm wrong, but I think he is more of an designer and architect than someone who writes a lot of code himself. If you
by ma2rten 11y ago
I might be mistaken, please correct me if I'm wrong, but I think he is more of an designer and architect than someone who writes a lot of code himself.
If you want to understand his designs it might help to read the book Windows Internals.
- wpietri 11y agoFor me this sounds like saying, "he's more of a painting designer than someone who sketches or paints himself". I mean sure, artists often have plenty of people help with the work. [1] But still, I don't think you get to be a good software architect without writing a lot of code. Even if we imagine that minions did every brushstroke on Michelangelo's famous works, it'd still be worth looking at his sketches, which are amazing. [2] [1] http://www.widewalls.ch/the-world-of-artist-assistants-feature-november-2014/ http://www.widewalls.ch/the-world-of-artist-assistants-featu... [2] http://www.michelangeloago.com/ http://www.michelangeloago.com/
- wrs 11y agoIIRC, he wrote a lot of original NT code himself. But you're proposing a false dichotomy. The core NT team consisted of people who designed and architected their code, and then wrote it. A programming technique sadly rare in today's world!
- hackuser 11y agoThat's not my impression. See the other front page post about him today.