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That reminds me of the original Linux versioning scheme[1] which was supposed to stay 2.x forever: <odd>.x.x: Linus went crazy, broke absolutely _everythin
by ginko 5y ago
That reminds me of the original Linux versioning scheme[1] which was supposed to stay 2.x forever:
<odd>.x.x: Linus went crazy, broke absolutely _everything_, and rewrote
the kernel to be a microkernel using a special message-passing version
of Visual Basic. (timeframe: "we expect that he will be released from
the mental institution in a decade or two")
Now we're at major version 5 and still no Visual Basic rewrite. :(
[1] https://lwn.net/Articles/125921/ https://lwn.net/Articles/125921/
- mastrsushi 5y agoIs this like a dad joke for kernel developers?
- anthonygd 5y agoIt was just a humorous warning for normal people to not use odd kernel versions. Long ago odd versions were extremely experimental and this was the best example of crazy they could think of.