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My favorite part of Solaris was hidden within initsvc file in /etc .. there you would find this this comment: # # Run inetd in "standalone" mode (-s flag)
by frellus 5y ago
My favorite part of Solaris was hidden within initsvc file in /etc .. there you would find this this comment:
#
# Run inetd in "standalone" mode (-s flag) so that it doesn't have
# to submit to the will of SAF. Why did we ever let them change inetd?
#
/usr/sbin/inetd -s
I think of that poor soul who wrote that cynical, almost pleading comment often. Somehow they got it in past the peer review (or at least, the review(s) must have agreed enough to let their dirty laundry air out). Why? What did they change, and who is the "them" !? Will I ever know? And yet, I have a particular soft feeling for the commentator, because I know I've let my innermost thoughts and feelings leak out into my code sometimes. We're only human.
- pram 5y agoThis predates Solaris. SAF came from AT&T and was replaced by SMF eventually. This is essentially an ancient systemd-like protest lol
- m463 5y agoReminds me of PSD and this comment: // At this point, I'd like to take a moment to speak to you about the Adobe PSD format. // PSD is not a good format. PSD is not even a bad format. Calling it such would be an // insult to other bad formats, such as PCX or JPEG. No, PSD is an abysmal format. Having <snip... many more lines> // // PSD is not my favourite file format. from https://github.com/kjk/xee/blob/master/XeePhotoshopLoader.m https://github.com/kjk/xee/blob/master/XeePhotoshopLoader.m (I have many GB of scanned photos in this format from a canon scanner)
- ecnahc515 5y agoReading the comment reminds me of how I feel about the AWS APIs.