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From: Alan Cox <alan@lxorguk.ukuu.org.uk>
Subject: Re: Announce: Linux-next (Or Andrew's dream :-))
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> Evolution in nature and changes in code are different because in code junk
> and bugs are constantly removed. In biology junk is allowed and may provide
> a pool for future development. Linux development is intended and not
> survival.

I would be interested to see any evidence (rather than intuition) to
support that given that both appear to be the same kind of structure and
that structure is nowdays fairly well understood.

Alan