Re: [BLACKBOX] Seasoned Linux.

From: [at]} <Norayr>
Date: Thu, 13 Jan 2011 03:33:35 +0400

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I personally believe that good design is what we often call beautiful.
We suppose that running chitah is beautiful, because it is designed
well. Actually because natural selection did.
Moreover, I believe, people "love" beautiful things, because we love
things that brings us pleasure. And contemplating, or dealing with or
using a beautifully designed something
gives us pleasure.

There is a nice Ted talk
http://www.ted.com/talks/george_whitesides_toward_a_science_of_simplicity.html
(also available as http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=whjLZogf9e0 )
and a nice texts by Paul Graham on that topic:
Taste for makers: http://paulgraham.com/taste.html and

Hackers and Painters: http://paulgraham.com/hp.html

Sincerely,
Norayr

On 01/13/11 03:17, Chris Burrows wrote:
>> -----Original Message-----
>> From: BlackBox [mailto:BLACKBOX{([at]})nowhere.xy
>> Wojtek Skulski
>> Sent: Wednesday, 12 January 2011 2:46 PM
>> To: BLACKBOX{([at]})nowhere.xy
>> Subject: Re: [BLACKBOX] Seasoned Linux.
>>
>> I am not sure if the idea of wirth makes sense to OS experts.
>> To me it looks fresh. I think it makes more sense than
>> reimplementing parts of Linux kernel, which are perfectly
>> fine, though perhaps ugly. But who cares if it is ugly, if it
>> works? (It does not matter what color is the cat, if it
>> catches mice -- this one is for Fyodor.)
>>
>
> "Ugliness" and "beauty" are in the eyes of the beholder so are not a good
> measure of quality. Poor appearance is often a sign of bad health. The cat
> might catch mice but that's not much good if you have to take it to the vet
> every week.
>
> Pithy sayings have the danger of leading to excuses for shoddy workmanship:
>
> "If it ain't broke don't fix it" leads to "Don't bother fixing bugs until a
> user threatens to sue us".
>
> "No software is bug free" leads to "If it compiles, ship it".
>
> etc. etc.
>
> However, there is one saying that I do like: "Aim for the stars if you want
> to reach the moon",
>
> Regards,
> Chris
>
> Chris Burrows
> CFB Software
> http://www.cfbsoftware.com
>
>
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