Date: Mon, 11 Jun 2001 17:40:57 -0600 From: Chris Moline <ugly-daemon@home.com> To: chat@freebsd.org Subject: Re: kernel documentation Message-ID: <20010611174057.A7743@h24-67-61-12.lb.shawcable.net> In-Reply-To: <20010611202128.B1762@hades.hell.gr>; from keramida@ceid.upatras.gr on Mon, Jun 11, 2001 at 08:21:28PM %2B0300 References: <20010611081304.E2079@xs4all.nl> <p05100307b74a1cab57a6@[194.78.241.123]> <20010611090308.A7217@h24-67-61-12.lb.shawcable.net> <p0510030fb74a946d1efc@[194.78.241.123]> <20010611202128.B1762@hades.hell.gr>
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On Mon, Jun 11, 2001 at 08:21:28PM +0300, Giorgos Keramidas wrote: > And there is fun in going down the road too, not only in the end. > Therefore, one should not be impatient and strive for perfection from > day zero. True. > > I am constantly amazed at how many things I've learned by just > browsing through the kernel and userland sources under /usr/src, yet, > after two years of working on a FreeBSD box of my own, I'm afraid I > still have major problems understanding some of the more esoteric > conversations on -current. Me too. For example I discovered awhile back a whole bunch of stuff about consoles. ANSI escape sequeneces, changing fonts, and screen sizes, how to change the login screen. I had lots of fun screwing around with that. I also had fun changing my sisters' consoles to big, blinking red ones. They still haven't forgiven me :) I don't expect to know everything all at once and I realize it takes a long time, not just to understand the internals btu to aquire the experience to be proficient in systems programming. If pressed I might say it takes ten years for a complete newbie to really truly be any good, maybe a few years for someone who has a lot of experience in systems programming. Having said that, I am still frustrated. There's so much I want to try/fix/play around with :) Probably just one of those funky times where nothing goes right. Sincerly, Chris Moline To Unsubscribe: send mail to majordomo@FreeBSD.org with "unsubscribe freebsd-chat" in the body of the message
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