Hi Sandip G, Sandip Bhattacharya wrote: > > A lot of how stuff works, on not only Unix but all computer systems, are > merely conventions and not standards written in stone. Conventions work, as > long as sufficient part of the population follows it. This works not only > in computers but also in real life. Following the convention normally > assures that you would find the widest amount of acceptability, and will be > able to "fit" into the rest of the society. > > Just an example, in the lighter (not disparaging) sense , nobody has written > a rule that you will have to walk on legs. You might want to just go ahead > and walk on your hands - upside down. Just that a lot of stuff becomes > difficult to do in everyday life that way. :)
Not a good example, I think so. > > Similarly, using the root user consistently as the superuser on Unix > systems, will make it easy for the computer to play with many software > which assumes that the root "has the power". > If a process wants superuser privileges, its uid has to be 0, not the name possessed by uid has to be "root". So a good program has to go through standards so that it achieves its objectives in every situation. And BTW, what are conventions for, if they're not fit in every situations, that's why standards are there. > - Sandip > That'all. Thanx Ashish Shukla "Wah Java !!" -- आशीष शुक्ला alias "Wah Java !!" http://wahjava.blogspot.com/ The only key to optimal life is precision. -- Ashish Shukla "Wah Java !!" http://wahjava.blogspot.com/2006/03/useful-thought.html _______________________________________________ ilugd mailinglist -- ilugd@lists.linux-delhi.org http://frodo.hserus.net/mailman/listinfo/ilugd Archives at: http://news.gmane.org/gmane.user-groups.linux.delhi http://www.mail-archive.com/ilugd@lists.linux-delhi.org/
