[dev] Worse is better: Plan9 and WSL?

From: Peter Wiehe <peter.wiehe2_AT_gmail.com>
Date: Mon, 28 Oct 2019 19:58:54 +0100

Hi, fans of suckmore.org and simplistic software!

It seems that you like Plan9 and dislike the WSL kernel. And you seem
to agree to "Worse is Better" which is presented here:
https://www.jwz.org/doc/worse-is-better.html
(I think "Better" is also called "It needs a tough cook/vibe-coder to
make a chicken tender" or similar.)

But that seems to be a contradiction! For me Plan9 seems to be of the
"better" kind (Some effort was done to create a simplistic interfac) and
WSL seems of the "worse" kind (Minimal effort in elegant design).
("Better" and "worse" not judging but strictly in the context as
mentioned above.)

Any clarification on this is welcome.

Kind regards
Peter Wiehe
Received on Mon Oct 28 2019 - 19:58:54 CET

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