Comments on: Recent Research Reading http://third-bit.com/blog/archives/1624.html Data is ones and zeroes | Software is ones and zeroes and hard work. Fri, 03 Feb 2012 17:07:30 +0000 hourly 1 http://wordpress.org/?v=3.3.1 By: Mark http://third-bit.com/blog/archives/1624.html#comment-1861 Mark Tue, 30 Mar 2010 02:47:17 +0000 http://pyre.third-bit.com/blog/archives/1624.html#comment-1861 You say: I don’t know if “it doesn’t actually make much of a difference” was an option or not. Yes it was - we had "no clear benefit" as a category of reason, and also "potential benefits not wanted" as another. You say: I don’t know if “it doesn’t actually make much of a difference” was an option or not.

Yes it was – we had “no clear benefit” as a category of reason, and also “potential benefits not wanted” as another.

]]> By: Diomidis Spinellis http://third-bit.com/blog/archives/1624.html#comment-1860 Diomidis Spinellis Sat, 21 Jun 2008 05:30:31 +0000 http://pyre.third-bit.com/blog/archives/1624.html#comment-1860 You comment on "The Tale of Four Kernels": "I think the fact that the software engineers who work on kernels probably all read the same textbooks, and learned from the same examples, is at least as big a factor as requirements." I agree with this. And, since we're looking at developers, I would also add that the difficulty of writing kernel code may also attract a type of developer who writes code in a specific way. You comment on “The Tale of Four Kernels”: “I think the fact that the software engineers who work on kernels probably all read the same textbooks, and learned from the same examples, is at least as big a factor as requirements.”

I agree with this. And, since we’re looking at developers, I would also add that the difficulty of writing kernel code may also attract a type of developer who writes code in a specific way.

]]> By: David Wolever http://third-bit.com/blog/archives/1624.html#comment-1859 David Wolever Fri, 20 Jun 2008 21:59:32 +0000 http://pyre.third-bit.com/blog/archives/1624.html#comment-1859 Greg, you officially read way too much. Greg, you officially read way too much.

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