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minus-squareTroy@lemmy.calinkfedilinkarrow-up185·2 months agoLKML and patch: https://git.kernel.org/pub/scm/linux/kernel/git/torvalds/linux.git/commit/?id=0fc810ae3ae110f9e2fcccce80fc8c8d62f97907 He cites his work as being a variant of a patch submitted by another developer, Josh Poimboeuf. It’s a team effort folks :)
minus-squareoldfart@lemm.eelinkfedilinkarrow-up73·2 months agoYeah, one man did hours of profiling and the other made the patch more elegant lol
minus-squarebluewing@lemm.eelinkfedilinkarrow-up10·2 months agoKind of like the butcher who got his hands dirty cutting a steak and then a Michelin star chef cooking it for you. One got his hands bloody. The other made it delectable for you to eat. Which is more important to the process?
minus-squareNo1@aussie.zonelinkfedilinkarrow-up9·edit-22 months agoNobody ever gives the cow any credit…
minus-squarebluewing@lemm.eelinkfedilinkarrow-up2·2 months agoLike the Linux kernel, the cow is merely a means to an end in this example.
LKML and patch: https://git.kernel.org/pub/scm/linux/kernel/git/torvalds/linux.git/commit/?id=0fc810ae3ae110f9e2fcccce80fc8c8d62f97907
He cites his work as being a variant of a patch submitted by another developer, Josh Poimboeuf. It’s a team effort folks :)
Yeah, one man did hours of profiling and the other made the patch more elegant lol
Kind of like the butcher who got his hands dirty cutting a steak and then a Michelin star chef cooking it for you.
One got his hands bloody. The other made it delectable for you to eat.
Which is more important to the process?
Nobody ever gives the cow any credit…
Like the Linux kernel, the cow is merely a means to an end in this example.