RE: Coding style - a non-issue

Dana Lacoste
2001-12-04T03:02:13Z

> One one thing he simple appears to have forgotten: Operating
> systems have a *purpose*.

You're forgetting that Linus makes a kernel, not an OS.

This isn't the Linux OS Mailing List, it's the Linux Kernel Mailing List.

How can Linus be expected to make a formal design for a kernel
when he has no control over how the kernel is used?
(This being the strength of Linux : it can be used almost everywhere)

If you want an _OS_ try one of the BSD's : they have a declared purpose,
after all :)

Dana Lacoste
Peregrine Systems
Ottawa, Canada