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		trasz2 on Dec 11, 2022 \| parent \| context \| favorite \| on: The Plan-9 Effect or why you should not fix it if ... Also most Linux machines, like phones, also contain instances of things like SEL4, often a couple of them. And Linux... well, it managed to accumulate a lot of historical baggage for something that young. Device numbers are another example.

TristanBall on Dec 11, 2022 [–]

Nearly 30 years seems like plenty of time?

Many projects manage to accumulate plenty of tech debt in 30 months, without being a deliberate work-alike reimplementation of an existing system.. which I suspect means you're already starting with a certain amount of baggage.

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