> > And, if I hear about it being > “declarative” as a virtue, I point to the 81,000+ lines (and > growing) of YAML, that I defy any one human to comprehend.
You might find help in culang.org On Mon, 15 Apr 2024 at 20:49, Kim Shrier <k...@westryn.net> wrote: > > On Apr 12, 2024, at 4:56 AM, David Arnold <dav...@pobox.com> wrote: > > > >> The vetting process needs some work, lads. > > > > More heresy than trolling, perhaps? > > > > It was thought-provoking for me. I wished I was there for the bar > session afterwards. > > > > d > > It didn’t read like a troll paper to me. I periodically go through > a similar exercise of thinking about how I would re-evaluate > various Plan 9 decisions given the environment we find > ourselves in, more than 35 years after the original work > was done. > > I do have an answer to the question, “Do we really have to > have our own kernel?”. > > Yes. > > Making decisions about fundamental principles upon which > you build your system has profound impacts on every aspect > of the software, including the kernel itself. Linux is not a good > substitute for Plan 9. > > And, I take particular exception to recommending Kubernetes > as a tool for deploying services. I am having to live through > Kubernetes hell in my day job. And, if I hear about it being > “declarative” as a virtue, I point to the 81,000+ lines (and > growing) of YAML, that I defy any one human to comprehend. > > I do think it is a good exercise to reevaluate the premises on > which one builds their systems in order to see if something > needs to change or a completely different approach is > warranted. > > I just come to different conclusions than the author of this > paper. > > Kim > _ > C++ is an off-by-one error > ------------------------------------------ 9fans: 9fans Permalink: https://9fans.topicbox.com/groups/9fans/T51f7f5a8927e1271-Ma63b1c0f14990832dddeadef Delivery options: https://9fans.topicbox.com/groups/9fans/subscription
