[Novalug] Packages v. ports v. source -- WAS: Editors, indispensible features thereof.

[Bryan J Smith]

On Sun, 2010-03-28 at 17:39 -0400, James Ewing Cottrell 3rd wrote:
> I see LFS as not so much as a Dismal Failure, but more as a Missed 
> Opportunity.

LFS is just LFS.  I don't see a negative.  I just don't see much of a
need to push people towards LFS when Gentoo exists.  You can learn most
of what you need to know about Linux components by getting into Gentoo.

It's much like I don't recommend people bother learning assembler for
'90s (and later) superscalar processors, as C targets are almost always
more optimized than what people could possibly learn with assembler.  C
teaches you the same level of computer organization. 

In both cases, people who think otherwise haven't dove into the real
internals, and are still clinging to either assumptions and/or outdated
realities.


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Bryan J Smith <b.j.smith at ieee.org>