[wbl]

Eh, I think the select and poll system calls are both kludges, the sockets API inferior to P9 dial, gethostbyname deeply problematic.

Then there are the ways threads interact badly with many classic functions, the way signal handlers play messily with everything else.

Don't even ask about X.

[ARandomerDude]

An important question:

Could I have thought of something at that time, with all the same constraints and without the benefit of hindsight, that would have been better?

For the vast -- and I mean vast -- majority of us, the answer to that question is a resounding No!.

[wbl]

At what time? Many of the issues are the result of evolution and bolting things on vs. redesigning things as conditions changed.

[midislack]

X is fantastic and amazing, not just for the time, even now. Not switching.