Entangled monolith? [was: Re: GR proposed re: choice of init systems]

[Joel Rees]

2014/10/23 16:48 "Chris Bannister" <cbannister at slingshot.co.nz>:
>
> On Wed, Oct 22, 2014 at 10:29:13AM +0900, Joel Rees wrote:
> > (Sorry about double-pumping a couple of posts.)
> >
> > On Wed, Oct 22, 2014 at 7:08 AM, Andrei POPESCU
> > <andreimpopescu at gmail.com> wrote:
> > > On Mi, 22 oct 14, 06:22:30, Joel Rees wrote:
> > >>
> > >> Ever seen a ball of yarn?
> > >
> > > Yep. Disentangled a few. Not a monolith. :)
> >
> > Ever considered the molecular structure of obsidian, marble, or granite?
> >
> > Pushing the metaphor a bit far, but then so is my question about yarn,
> > and so was your question about a monolith being entangled.
> >
> > While I'm on the subject, diamond's hardness is derived in great part
> > from the interconnection between the crystals. But that's still not
> > really the kind of "hardness" we want in an init system.
>
> Mixing one's metaphors and analogies can quickly get you climbing up the
> wrong ladder.

Depends on what's guiding your selection and interpretation.

I'm wondering, Andrei, about your declining to name a favorite or familiar
programming language. You say you've written some short scripts. Do any of
them have an on-line existence?

--
Joel Rees

Computer memory is just fancy paper,
CPUs just fancy pens.
All is a stream of text
flowing from the past into the future.
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