Preparing for nonvolatile RAM

Posted May 30, 2012 14:55 UTC (Wed) by daglwn (guest, #65432)
In reply to: Preparing for nonvolatile RAM by viro
Parent article: Preparing for nonvolatile RAM

Thanks, Al. Real classy. It truly makes me want to learn more.

Preparing for nonvolatile RAM

Posted May 30, 2012 21:25 UTC (Wed) by Cyberax (✭ supporter ✭, #52523) [Link] (2 responses)

Well, you should.

Don't know about you, but after Al Viro's post I went and checked VFS source code - and he's entirely correct.

Preparing for nonvolatile RAM

Posted May 30, 2012 21:59 UTC (Wed) by daglwn (guest, #65432) [Link] (1 responses)

I'm sure he is correct. But he doesn't have to be an ass about it. He started right off with unwarranted sarcasm, graduated to foul language and it went downhill from there, leading to personal attacks.

I never claimed to be a "visionary." I'm far, far from that. The idea isn't even original, people have talked about it for years. It just strikes me that it makes a lot of sense given system architecture trends. Outright dismissal accompanied by foul language, holier-than-thou attitudes and outright insults says much more about Al than it does me.

Al definitely lost a notch or too on my respect ladder and that's a pity because I've generally enjoyed reading his posts/articles.

Preparing for nonvolatile RAM

Posted May 31, 2012 1:29 UTC (Thu) by bronson (subscriber, #4806) [Link]

I suppose the sarcasm is warranted if it's an idea that's proposed by many well-intentioned but ill-informed people. It attempts to keep the conversation short or, failing that, provide car-crash style entertainment. "Bring facts or suffer ridicule."

I'm no linguist but anybody who disagrees is a dweeb. :)