Re:Fuchsia is not Linux
by littlestymaar on Thursday April 12, 2018 @10:44AM
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Bloat is what you get when your software has to face the real world.
Yes the Linux kernel is bloated, bloated with tons of code responsible for making it work on exotic hardware. Yes x86 is bloated, let's just remove those useless AVX instructions. Yes MS Excel is bloated, who the hell is using all those features [1]?!
You can only have two alternatives : either your software is “bloated”, or then it will be replaced by something else, which is more “bloated” and works for more people.
Notice than I'm just criticizing the “bloat” argument, I'm just not criticizing Google for creating a new OS from scratch, which can bring a lot on the table, if done properly and includes innovations from the past 30 years, like was done when creating Rust for instance.
Yes the Linux kernel is bloated, bloated with tons of code responsible for making it work on exotic hardware. Yes x86 is bloated, let's just remove those useless AVX instructions. Yes MS Excel is bloated, who the hell is using all those features [1]?!
You can only have two alternatives : either your software is “bloated”, or then it will be replaced by something else, which is more “bloated” and works for more people.
Notice than I'm just criticizing the “bloat” argument, I'm just not criticizing Google for creating a new OS from scratch, which can bring a lot on the table, if done properly and includes innovations from the past 30 years, like was done when creating Rust for instance.
[1]: https://www.joelonsoftware.com/2001/03/23/strategy-letter-iv...