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> But we can figure it out, and we will figure it out—because we have the source code. We have all 562,227 lines of Perl5 source code for it. I haven’t worked
by bee_rider 2y ago
> But we can figure it out, and we will figure it out—because we have the source code. We have all 562,227 lines of Perl5 source code for it.
I haven’t worked in OS development so I’m almost certainly naive here. But, the philosophy of minimal programs always seemed like the solution to this kind of thing? Ideally the program which breaks should be only a couple thousand lines long, so you can fit the whole thing in your brain and fix it, right?
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- mistrial9 2y agooperating systems and networks require layers of tools, including the very basis of the machinery; in order to build all those parts, programming languages are implemented and improved. Those programming languages are necessarily dense and stable over time. So it matters very much what part of the operating system you are pointing to, and the role it plays in an ecosystem of software and software authors, over long periods of time.