> Bash/Busybox ash does the exact same thing and it's also written in C Yes, with the added benefit of an interpreter and shell implementation in between. Yipp

> Bash/Busybox ash does the exact same thing and it's also written in C Yes, with the added benefit of an interpreter and shell implementation in between. Yippee! > dev don't care about efficiency systemd IS efficient. The hard truth is that it outperforms every other init system and it's not even close. You could argue "well you don't need a fancy shmancy init system at all!!" - but even embedded applications grow and new requirements are added. Then what? Your "efficient" solution sucks, and isn't fast. Whoops!