The linked usenet discussion is worth reading, partially because a student asks for help on their homework, and it eventually pulls in Linus Torvalds: https://g

The linked usenet discussion is worth reading, partially because a student asks for help on their homework, and it eventually pulls in Linus Torvalds: https://groups.google.com/d/msg/comp.arch/_uecSnSEQc4/jkdcQcRatXoJ https://groups.google.com/d/msg/comp.arch/_uecSnSEQc4/jkdcQc... The actual discussion is good, too.