[RiderOfGiraffes]

I was wondering if you really meant that, given that this is intended to be useful in embedded applications. To try to get a feel for the sort of programming you do and the sort of opinions you hold, I checked your profile - Bang - there's the answer right there:

  > I'm not trolling:
  > I actually think that.

Is it really the case that you don't see the point in writing a minimal, small, clean, self-contained system that has no external dependences and is directly applicable and useful for embedded systems.

[jrockway]

I don't find it refreshing to see people writing the same code over and over and over and over again. Does it have a point? Yes. Does it refresh me? No.

(Libraries and dependencies don't necessarily mean "dynamic relinking at runtime". It can mean "link that standard code from ../lets-not-write-a-hashtable-again/hashtable.o".)

[euroclydon]

Just curious: Is it trolling, if I write out a strong opinion, that I don't necessarily believe, but that sounds reasonable to me, on a topic I'm trying to figure out what to believe, and then, when my sentiments get refuted, I say to myself, "Okay, now there's a reasonable way to think."

[scott_s]

No, because you're interested in honest communication. But it would be more honest to phrase the strong opinion as "I don't necessarily believe X, but it sounds reasonable to me. Is there anything wrong with that reasoning?"