"I read with some interest about the GNOME startup bounty. As Stephen O'Grady pointed out, this problem is indeed perfect for DTrace. To get a feel for the problem, I wrote a very simple D script." Read more...
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Eh? How is a supposedly production-ready release, at TWO-POINT-TEN, a "rough draft"? How long has that horrible example of wastage been in there? How much else is there?
This is sloppiness, and not just in 0.1.
As long as humans are writing software it will never be perfect. Windows, BeOS, Linux, Solaris, etc. *all* have their problems. Stop harping whining and complaining about things. The point is something is being done to analyze the problem so that a fix can be made. Move on, and stop wasting our time with pointless rants.
Member since:"As long as humans are writing software it will never be perfect. Windows, BeOS, Linux, Solaris, etc. *all* have their problems. Stop harping whining and complaining about things. The point is something is being done to analyze the problem so that a fix can be made. Move on, and stop wasting our time with pointless rants."
Perfection isn't what's being looked at. Common sense tells you that doing a lot (loading a big file) to do a little (change volume) isn't a good move. The fact that this has persisted across several versions just reenforces the point. The fact that something is presently being done about the issue is good, but it misses the point. If whomever wrote the software is that sloppy over something that simple. That calls into question other more complicated things. The fact that even other OS's have issues likewise misses the point. We're talking about Linux, and it's issues. It's Linux that people want to get better. It's not going to get better if every issue brought up is viewed as "harping whining and complaining". Is that what you want?
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"You're looking at a rough draft"
Eh? How is a supposedly production-ready release, at TWO-POINT-TEN, a "rough draft"? How long has that horrible example of wastage been in there? How much else is there?
This is sloppiness, and not just in 0.1.