It's not. That's the point. You can't get constructive about this comparison. I suppose the only exception is to go the Wayland path and push IPC outside the ke

It's not. That's the point. You can't get constructive about this comparison. I suppose the only exception is to go the Wayland path and push IPC outside the kernel into the user land. At least there you can reason redundancy vs. redundant... But I honestly can't think of a single instance when that led to actual work getting done ;)