Horror

TorgoX on 2003-06-27T19:33:55

Dear Log,

Horror?

ziggy on 2003-06-27T21:39:37

What's so horrible about esr attempting such a magnum opus? He's been talking about this for at least a good 3-4 years now.

Do you disagree?

petdance on 2003-06-28T00:43:58

Do you disagree with what he's saying? I'm not sure the horror. Or is it just ESR in general?

Unix

rafael on 2003-06-28T17:26:57
I'm afraid this book will end up being full of myths and other personal opinions. Here's a small example
Summing up: Perl's best side is as a power tool for small glue scripts involving a lot of regular-expression grinding. Its worst side is that it is ugly, spiky, and nigh-unmaintainable in large volumes. -- http://www.catb.org/esr/writings/taoup/html/ch14s04.html#perl

Re:Unix

jhi on 2003-06-28T17:31:50
esr, the UNIX hardcore hacker

Re:Unix

pne on 2003-07-21T08:36:57
Thank you for that link.

Re:Do you disagree?

clintp on 2003-06-28T18:04:16
This is a ... horror. I've read through quite a bit of it and I agree with Sean. Maybe for different reasons.
It's a mish-mash collection of opinions disguised as a history of Unix and a lesson on OS design (with tangents off into culture and other irrelevancies). It's bothersome to me because he's got the authoritative sound but no real basis in fact of a sales job. I'm a huge fan of Unix, but I get the feeling that I'm being preached at by Goebbles. While I may ostensibly agree with some of the facts, I don't like where it's going.
The whole "why-to" instead of "how-to" simply provides a soapbox but I'm not sure what he's preaching. This is creepy.