[klingonopera]

...it's funny, because if anyone can write code that wouldn't require 32 cores to run, Linus would certainly be one of them.

Don't forget to keep in touch with reality, a bunch of people on this globe still have to get by using dual-cores.

[colejohnson66]

So because a lot of the world is running dual core, programmers shouldn’t attempt to improve compilation time with more cores?

[tinus_hn]

I think he wants Linux to just remove most drivers from the kernel so this guy can compile it with everything enabled on his slow computer.

[klingonopera]

No, it completely makes sense on the compilation aspect, I don't deny it.

But where do you test the compiled software?

If I use an analogy from the Internet, it's like web developers using hugely uncompressed pictures, but nobody cares, because everyone's got broadband. But then, the guy with a mobile data rate wants to view the page. Or the poor sod, who for some reason is still stuck on 56k. And except for bloated pictures, I mean system services, tasks and processes, and no one realizes what a drag they may be causing, because everyone's got at least four cores nowadays, anyways. That's a very real danger for any developer, to "lose touch with reality" when it comes to their users.