From: Bill Findlay <yaldnif.w@blueyonder.co.uk>
Subject: Re: Anti-Ada FUD (rant)
Date: Mon, 23 Sep 2013 10:39:09 +0100
Date: 2013-09-23T10:39:09+01:00 [thread overview]
Message-ID: <CE65CACD.371E3%yaldnif.w@blueyonder.co.uk> (raw)
In-Reply-To: 1ixhazoag8y0l.4mpw6pmi83xm.dlg@40tude.net
On 23/09/2013 10:36, in article 1ixhazoag8y0l.4mpw6pmi83xm.dlg@40tude.net,
"Dmitry A. Kazakov" <mailbox@dmitry-kazakov.de> wrote:
> On Mon, 23 Sep 2013 01:36:22 -0700 (PDT), Peter Brooks wrote:
>
>> On Monday, 23 September 2013 09:34:56 UTC+2, Dmitry A. Kazakov wrote:
>>> (And fork/exec is one of the ugliest parts of UNIX)
>>>
>> Any justification for that prejudice?
>
> Fork/exec represent a unique combination of total disregard to efficiency
> with violation of practically any known principle of good software design.
Now there I have to agree with the UNIX critics.
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Thread overview: 47+ messages / expand[flat|nested] mbox.gz Atom feed top
2013-09-20 22:18 Anti-Ada FUD (rant) krfkeith
2013-09-20 22:47 ` Adam Beneschan
2013-09-20 23:32 ` John B. Matthews
2013-09-21 12:06 ` Georg Bauhaus
2013-09-22 0:47 ` gautier_niouzes
2013-09-22 21:24 ` Shark8
2013-09-23 4:43 ` Peter Brooks
2013-09-23 5:14 ` Nasser M. Abbasi
2013-09-23 6:05 ` Shark8
2013-09-23 23:19 ` Nasser M. Abbasi
2013-09-24 7:10 ` Bill Richards
2013-09-23 7:00 ` Bill Richards
2013-09-23 7:55 ` Bill Findlay
2013-09-23 8:31 ` Peter Brooks
2013-09-23 8:37 ` Bill Richards
2013-09-23 8:52 ` Bill Findlay
2013-09-23 8:59 ` Georg Bauhaus
2013-09-23 11:31 ` Bill Richards
2013-09-29 1:04 ` Shmuel Metz
2013-09-24 1:40 ` Paul Rubin
2013-09-24 7:05 ` Bill Richards
2013-09-24 7:34 ` Bill Findlay
2013-09-24 7:49 ` Bill Richards
2013-09-24 10:47 ` Georg Bauhaus
2013-09-24 10:38 ` Georg Bauhaus
2013-09-24 15:39 ` Paul Rubin
2013-09-28 23:28 ` Shmuel Metz
2013-09-23 5:55 ` Shark8
2013-09-23 6:12 ` Peter Brooks
2013-09-23 7:34 ` Dmitry A. Kazakov
2013-09-23 8:36 ` Peter Brooks
2013-09-23 9:36 ` Dmitry A. Kazakov
2013-09-23 9:39 ` Bill Findlay [this message]
2013-09-23 12:16 ` Peter Brooks
2013-09-23 12:54 ` Bill Findlay
2013-09-23 14:32 ` Peter Brooks
2013-09-23 22:06 ` Peter C. Chapin
2013-09-29 1:00 ` Shmuel Metz
2013-09-23 7:26 ` Peter Brooks
2013-09-24 6:03 ` Shark8
2013-09-24 7:51 ` Peter Brooks
2013-09-26 20:58 ` erlo
2013-09-24 6:38 ` krfkeith
2013-09-24 23:18 ` Dennis Lee Bieber
2013-09-28 6:21 ` Shark8
2013-09-28 14:40 ` Per Sandberg
2013-09-28 21:54 ` Dennis Lee Bieber
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