Re:Autotools Mythbuster
by wyldfire on Thursday December 17, 2015 @10:09AM
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Well, is that really fair? autotools' scope is great, like you concede. But it was designed around 1991, right?
> That everyone else just kind of seemed to go with it
There was nothing else better available, and this was effective -- is effective.
If you haven't seen the effect of momentum in software, then this is nothing. Look at how x86 systems get bootstrapped; look at how we interact with important platform devices like the RTC (I/O ports). Virtually none of this has changed because it doesn't introduce significant limitations in operating systems or hardware but it's downright odd.
> That everyone else just kind of seemed to go with it
There was nothing else better available, and this was effective -- is effective.
If you haven't seen the effect of momentum in software, then this is nothing. Look at how x86 systems get bootstrapped; look at how we interact with important platform devices like the RTC (I/O ports). Virtually none of this has changed because it doesn't introduce significant limitations in operating systems or hardware but it's downright odd.