Canek Peláez Valdés: > On Sat, Sep 20, 2014 at 8:46 AM, hasufell <hasuf...@gentoo.org> wrote: >>> • "There's still value in understanding the traditional UNIX "do one >>> thing and do it well" model where many workflows can be done as a >>> pipeline of simple tools each adding their own value, but let's face >>> it, it's not how complex systems really work, and it's not how major >>> applications have been working or been designed for a long time. It's >>> a useful simplification, and it's still true at *some* level, but I >>> think it's also clear that it doesn't really describe most of >>> reality." >>> >> >> He doesn't make an actual argument why useful abstraction cannot be done >> in complex systems. > > He doesn't need to;
Sure he does. He made a statement that needs technical arguments (not stuff like "people do it these days") and didn't even answer the reporters question. I think this is not a problem about complex systems, but rather about development models. But no wonder a C programmer in one of the highest commit rate projects in the world thinks like that. And it's probably even true in that CASE.
