Return-Path: Received: (majordomo@vger.kernel.org) by vger.kernel.org via listexpand id ; Sat, 1 Dec 2001 13:22:08 -0500 Received: (majordomo@vger.kernel.org) by vger.kernel.org id ; Sat, 1 Dec 2001 13:21:59 -0500 Received: from garrincha.netbank.com.br ([200.203.199.88]:38661 "HELO netbank.com.br") by vger.kernel.org with SMTP id ; Sat, 1 Dec 2001 13:21:41 -0500 Date: Sat, 1 Dec 2001 16:21:04 -0200 (BRST) From: Rik van Riel X-X-Sender: To: Ingo Oeser Cc: Subject: Re: Coding style - a non-issue In-Reply-To: <20011201190529.A782@nightmaster.csn.tu-chemnitz.de> Message-ID: X-spambait: aardvark@kernelnewbies.org X-spammeplease: aardvark@nl.linux.org MIME-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: TEXT/PLAIN; charset=US-ASCII Sender: linux-kernel-owner@vger.kernel.org X-Mailing-List: linux-kernel@vger.kernel.org On Sat, 1 Dec 2001, Ingo Oeser wrote: > On Sat, Dec 01, 2001 at 09:18:54AM -0200, Rik van Riel wrote: > > Biological selection does nothing except removing the weak > > ones, it cannot automatically create systems which work well. > > > > In short, I believe the biological selection is just that, > > selection. The creation of stuff will need some direction. > > Creation is as simple as: > > 1. If you encounter a problem, try to solve it. > 2. If you cannot solve it, mark/document/publish it and try to > work around it for now. > 3. If you cannot work around it, leave it to other people and > offer help. > > Which is pretty much what this list here is for ;-) 4. If the problem cannot be solved with a quick hack by one person, give up and switch to another OS. Rik -- Shortwave goes a long way: irc.starchat.net #swl http://www.surriel.com/ http://distro.conectiva.com/ - To unsubscribe from this list: send the line "unsubscribe linux-kernel" in the body of a message to majordomo@vger.kernel.org More majordomo info at http://vger.kernel.org/majordomo-info.html Please read the FAQ at http://www.tux.org/lkml/