FreeBSD Guru Matt Dillon Interviewed 13
Jeremy writes: "KernelTrap has interviewed Matthew Dillon, a well-known FreeBSD kernel hacker. He has recently been in the spotlight due to many impressive NFS related bug fixes, as well as fixes to the TCP stack. In this interview he talks about these bug fixes as well as his history with computers, programming and FreeBSD. He also discusses Linux, open source, embedded systems, the Amiga (and his DICE C compiler), and much more."
Great Quote from the Article (Score:1, Interesting)
Really nice (Score:2)
I think that many of the "banner carriers" in the various user communities could do well to emulate this outlook!
MD's view of short-term fixes. (Score:2, Interesting)
Re:MD's view of short-term fixes. (Score:2)
The deepest parts of the API have bits of what was originally written to be 16-bit code! Rebuild this with a 32-bit compiler, Woops! Now "band-aid" the stuff that breaks....
At least I can still run the Reversi app that shipped in 1986.
Matt Dillion... (Score:2)
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