Re: Shrinking the C core

[Eric S. Raymond]

Sam James <sam@gentoo.org>:
> I presume esr was under the same impression and hence even if he never
> went through with his big plan, it'd be some easy wins from his perspective.
> 
> Laying the groundwork for something that may or may not come off with
> independent changes one believes are worthwhile isn't underhanded if
> it's just a pipedream in the back of your head but you think the changes
> are good in isolation.

Exactly so.  Experience has taught me the value of sneaking up on big
changes in such a way that if you have to bail out midway through the
grand plan you have still added value.  And reducing the maintainence
complexity of the core is a good thing in itself.
-- 
                <a href="http://www.catb.org/~esr/";>Eric S. Raymond</a>