Date: Tue, 27 Jul 1999 23:11:41 +0900 From: "Daniel C. Sobral" <dcs@newsguy.com> To: "Brian F. Feldman" <green@FreeBSD.ORG> Cc: Soren Schmidt <sos@freebsd.dk>, Dag-Erling Smorgrav <des@yes.no>, hackers@FreeBSD.ORG Subject: Re: replacing grep(1) Message-ID: <379DBE1D.7E131B38@newsguy.com> References: <Pine.BSF.4.10.9907270815280.46397-100000@janus.syracuse.net>
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"Brian F. Feldman" wrote: > > Geez, why don't we just write our own compiler and linker, assembler, > and everything? Let's get every last bit of GNU out of our system, for > no reason! This kind of NIH is not necessary, and only hurts us by > misdirecting our energies. > </joking> > > Seriously, I'd love for this to happen. Most GNU software is a hopeless, > gruesome mess that should be dragged out and shot. Getting rid of as > much as possible, gradually, is a Very Good Thing; this is how we get > stability and performance improvements. In fact, I think the *greatest* advantage of this code is it's readability. Anyway, both versions exist, so it's not a question of NIH. It's a question of choosing. -- Daniel C. Sobral (8-DCS) dcs@newsguy.com dcs@freebsd.org "Is it true that you're a millionaire's son who never worked a day in your life?" "Yeah, I guess so." "Lemme tell you, son, you ain't missed a thing." To Unsubscribe: send mail to majordomo@FreeBSD.org with "unsubscribe freebsd-hackers" in the body of the message
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