From mboxrd@z Thu Jan 1 00:00:00 1970 Return-Path: Received: (majordomo@vger.kernel.org) by vger.kernel.org via listexpand id ; Tue, 19 Jun 2001 13:46:56 -0400 Received: (majordomo@vger.kernel.org) by vger.kernel.org id ; Tue, 19 Jun 2001 13:46:40 -0400 Received: from vp226158.uac62.hknet.com ([202.71.226.158]:26381 "EHLO main.coppice.org") by vger.kernel.org with ESMTP id ; Tue, 19 Jun 2001 13:46:27 -0400 Message-ID: <3B2F91A5.49C7219C@coppice.org> Date: Wed, 20 Jun 2001 01:53:41 +0800 From: Steve Underwood Organization: Me? Organised? X-Mailer: Mozilla 4.77 [en] (X11; U; Linux 2.2.19-6.2.1 i686) X-Accept-Language: en, zh-TW MIME-Version: 1.0 To: linux-kernel@vger.kernel.org Subject: Re: Alan Cox quote? (was: Re: accounting for threads) In-Reply-To: <20010619090956.R3089@work.bitmover.com> <20010619102037.A6778@thune.mrc-home.com> <20010619103712.W3089@work.bitmover.com> Content-Type: text/plain; charset=us-ascii Content-Transfer-Encoding: 7bit Sender: linux-kernel-owner@vger.kernel.org X-Mailing-List: linux-kernel@vger.kernel.org Larry McVoy wrote: > > On Tue, Jun 19, 2001 at 10:20:37AM -0700, Mike Castle wrote: > > On Tue, Jun 19, 2001 at 09:09:56AM -0700, Larry McVoy wrote: > > > Another one that I can't believe I forgot is from Rob Pike: > > > > > > "If you think you need threads then your processes are too fat" > > > > Also, I could never actually find the "too fat" quote anywhere. > > I can personally vouch for the too fat comment, I've heard him say it in > person. How about "If you think you need threads, stop programming with closed sourced libraries where the documentation doesn't give you a clue how you might make things work within a state machine way" Regards, Steve