another level of indirection
another level of indirection
Posted Jul 8, 2022 7:51 UTC (Fri) by rgb (subscriber, #57129)Parent article: The trouble with symbolic links
You could probably make the same argument about almost any kernel feature: virtual memory, name spaces, virtual filesystem, snapshots, ...
“All problems in computer science can be solved by another level of indirection." And each level of indirection creates another level of pain.
The alternative would be to still run on the bare metal writing assembly I guess.
“All problems in computer science can be solved by another level of indirection." And each level of indirection creates another level of pain.
The alternative would be to still run on the bare metal writing assembly I guess.