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Re:60x speed-up of Linux “perf” by monocasa on Thursday September 09, 2021 @07:08PM (#28475781)
A choice that results in consequences is normally how you assign fault for those consequences.
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Re:60x speed-up of Linux “perf” by Someone on Friday September 10, 2021 @05:57AM (#28479509)
For those consciously omitting “and later”, the effect of not allowing that probably isn’t a fault, but a desired outcome.

“You can do A, B, and C with the software I wrote, or whatever X may at some future date decide you can do with it” isn’t something everybody is happy with. It certainly requires some long-term trust in what X will or will not do.

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Re:60x speed-up of Linux “perf” by monocasa on Friday September 10, 2021 @01:14PM (#28484500)
The assignment of fault and it being a desired outcome are rarely mutually exclusive concepts.
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