[geeks] another linux issue....

dave at cca.org dave at cca.org
Thu Jan 31 18:56:06 CST 2002


phil at tux.obix.com writes:

>dave at cca.org wrote:

>> Does Linus refuse to let a kernel debugger be developed?

>Less that and more like he refuses to integrate it into his kernel.

Ah....

>> This is obviously so stupid it's embarassing even for his
>> enemies, but can it actually be true?

>Yes.  Linus sometimes picks up some weird ideas and refuses to let go
>of them.

This fits in with my one-liner description of the difference between
linux and BSD: "Linux is an undergrad unix clone, BSD is a grad
student unix clone. All differences derive from that."

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