Path: csiph.com!news.swapon.de!fu-berlin.de!uni-berlin.de!individual.net!not-for-mail From: rbowman Newsgroups: comp.os.linux.misc Subject: Re: The First 8 Commands Every New User Should Learn Date: 9 Nov 2025 20:46:06 GMT Lines: 20 Message-ID: References: <10egfns$mkr3$1@dont-email.me> <10ekkb3$1pge1$7@dont-email.me> <10enc8m$2hkmh$2@dont-email.me> <10eok8m$2u6i1$1@dont-email.me> <69109d4b$0$5080$426a74cc@news.free.fr> Mime-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: text/plain; charset=UTF-8 Content-Transfer-Encoding: 8bit X-Trace: individual.net DliTjJwEG4CUVNGQ6K4ECgTXcTDNr5fV2ojHCDjMRtoTkKDDRE Cancel-Lock: sha1:anEl70WMKZ6v9atJD/Is6bIEuFk= sha256:2csc3fMVOg3v6kOs41Eo9FAtSm03PtVUpGlrz/aHGEg= User-Agent: Pan/0.162 (Pokrosvk) Xref: csiph.com comp.os.linux.misc:77201 On 9 Nov 2025 14:16:04 GMT, Stefan Ram wrote: > =?UTF-8?Q?St=C3=A9phane?= CARPENTIER wrote or quoted: >>and Torvalds. Hurd is conceptually better, but it's still a concept more >>than 30 years later. When Linux is usable since more than 30 years. > > In "Lisp - Good News, Bad News, How to Win Big" (1991), Richard P. > Gabriel layed out two contrasting software philosophies: > > - "The Right Thing" (MIT/Stanford): Focuses on designing the > best, most correct, and comprehensive solution, even if it is > complex and slow to develop. > > - "Worse is Better" (New Jersey): Prioritizes simple, > good-enough solutions delivered quickly and widely, > even if the initial implementation is not perfect. https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Perfect_is_the_enemy_of_good The trade off is ageless.