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Of course it's okay, and at the same time no one will use it as soon as something else is more convenient & effective. Been waiting for "something else" ~30 ye
by jfoster 2y ago
Of course it's okay, and at the same time no one will use it as soon as something else is more convenient & effective.
Been waiting for "something else" ~30 years & counting.
- topspin 2y agoMerging PREEMPT_RT (real-time) into the Linux kernel only occurred in Sept, 2024, after 20 years of work, in part due to a fundamental conflict with printk(), the traditional "printf" of Linux, widely used for kernel debugging. Linus is unwilling to forego printf debugging in the kernel, and has blocked significant evolutions of Linux on its behalf. That counts for a lot to me. Anti-printf people have to go a long way to convince me that it's somehow not ok. I use debuggers every day. I use some form of printf debugging every day. I use whatever affordance I can get my hands on, and I ignore the peanut gallery.