On Mar 29 2007 18:54, Kyle Moffett wrote: > > One thing that I think is fairly non-obvious to newcomers is that Linux kernel > development is not done at all the way they teach you in your Large Scale > Software Engineering classes. Many of those classes talk much about careful > design (whether top-down, bottom-up, outside-in, waterfall, spiral, > $BUZZWORD_OF_THE_DAY) and detailed unit-testing, whereas Linux > kernel development isn't really "designed" at all.
Well, linux kernel is "extreme programming" - hack away until it works, care about a design shape and stable API later. Jan -- - To unsubscribe from this list: send the line "unsubscribe linux-kernel" in the body of a message to [EMAIL PROTECTED] More majordomo info at http://vger.kernel.org/majordomo-info.html Please read the FAQ at http://www.tux.org/lkml/
