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If I remember correctly it grew out of frustration with glibc size which turned into research into how to make a libc as small as possible. No DJB involved. >
by jlg23 7y ago
If I remember correctly it grew out of frustration with glibc size which turned into research into how to make a libc as small as possible. No DJB involved.
> Not that much happening since then, I think he's mostly CCC-ish-blogging these days.
Latest release was last year and the changelog[1] suggests it was a group effort.
Do I smell a personal dislike for the author?
[1] http://www.fefe.de/dietlibc/changes-0.34.txt http://www.fefe.de/dietlibc/changes-0.34.txt
- mhd 7y agoNeither for the author nor for DJB. I was on the mailing list when dietlibc and libowfat (the alternative, non-traditional, DJB-inspired core library) were created. Was an interesting time and I liked the philosophy way more than e.g. the whole 'suckless' stuff (which is more in the Plan 9 corner). I don't regard "fanboy" as a derogatory term, by the way. There was quite a lot of development and thoughts back then, but in recent years I hadn't heard a lot out of that corner, and in German circles I mostly saw von Leitner's name mentioned when it came to some digital rights thing (our various German and EU "privacy" laws).
- jackewiehose 7y ago> I don't regard "fanboy" as a derogatory term, by the way. I do. Whenever I read "fanboy", I assume the author is at least no fan of the subject (in this case I assume you don't like DJB). Otherwise it would just be a "fan"... ?