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by wendroid
6022 days ago
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> Please provide any evidence you have. Only the power of my own ear at Plan9 conferences from people who know a damn sight more about such things than I. I could pull various mailing list posts out, such as the big argument of Rob Pike with Linus but what's the point. > If the makers of plan 9 were to say "Linux is crap" at least they have the credibility to say so. It is noteworthy that they would never say something so stupid. From the Plan9 fortune file :
"Linux: written by amateurs for amateurs." - D. Presotto > And the point is? That the technical merit of the language doesn't determine it's popularity. So choosing what is the "better language" is rendered pointless. >Popularity is not everything but it sure isn't "nothing" either. Yes, I read that back after the edit time ran out and wanted to change it. Popularity and userbase isn't the correct metric for quality. |
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This is (in a strict sense) true and is not the same as "linux is crap". Linus was certainly an amateur when he wrote the first version of the kernel in the sense that was the first OS kernel he wrote) and many people who contribute are not tenured professors(or whatever your definition of "professional" happens to be). The fact remains that an "amateur" teenager in Finland ran rings around the "professionals".
"That the technical merit of the language doesn't determine it's popularity. So choosing what is the "better language" is rendered pointless."
I agree. But that is the point isn't it? You can't choose "the better language" anyway. The mythical Lisp OS isn't really "better" either unless you've made up your mind up front. So why go on and on for years (the blogger not you)about "everything popular is crap and Lisp is the ultimate leet cool thing forever and forever and anyone who doesn't accept this is an idiot" instead of focussing on actually writing some code?