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Re:Facebook open-sources new suite of Linux kernel component... by gonzo on Tuesday October 30, 2018 @02:54PM (#18340132)
> Literally anyone can write an eBPF program,

Until you’ve written a couple, you might believe this. After, you’ll understand the issues with debugging, etc.

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Re:Facebook open-sources new suite of Linux kernel component... by jshevek on Tuesday October 30, 2018 @03:29PM (#18340470)
I took that sentence idiomatically, to mean something like "the obstacles have been reduced by at least an order of magnitude", since it's never literally true that literally anyone can write some software.
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