> The philosophy of the Linux kernel is a good one to emulate: documented functionality describing how the kernel should behave will be maintained until Linus's

> The philosophy of the Linux kernel is a good one to emulate: documented functionality describing how the kernel should behave will be maintained until Linus's death. Undocumented, undefined behavior that stupid programs depend upon won't be maintained. I think this is utterly incorrect. Linux principle is "don't break user-space unless we really really have to". That includes dependence on undocumented behavior.