Linux is the engine, GNU is the toolbox
Interesting... Do programmers burnout more than any other profession?
If there is a contributing factor it is the constant change that requires regular learning and adapting.
I've seen a lot of changes. In 1983 I learned how to program using punch cards. Then there was the single line editors. I experienced the evolution of xBase - dBaseII, dBaseIII, dBaseIII+ on 8088 cpu's with no hard drive. Later Clipper summer of 87 (that was the actual version name), FoxBASE+, all the FoxPro's - DOS, Windows, and Visual. Then the web came along. Learning Linux, Apache, MySql, PHP and all that goes with that. In the early days of the web - (10 years ago) it was PHP right on the iron... not any more. It is open source apps and frameworks.
Always fighting the beast.....
In the late 80's I happened into a business that was using a Commodore 64 to do their accounting and inventory control. At that time that was state of the art.
On 2017-04-29 13:47, Carruth, Rusty wrote:
Huh. I thought the reason programmers (or whatever you want to call------------------------------
them) get grey hairs and burn out was some combination of:
1 - they are hopelessly optimistic, and so GROSSLY underestimate EVERY
project's effort. Managers like the short estimates and don't adjust
based upon reality. When the deadline nears, the software person
works more and more hours to try to meet the deadline, which goes
whizzing past at a high rate of speed. More hours/week and more
effort (which brings with it more mistakes and slower progress)...
until the project is finally done (ish) and the next cycle begins.
(Well, yes, I was a software developer for most of my professional
life, why do you ask? ;-)
2 - they tend to work much more than 40 hours per week. (80, 90,
sometimes more)
3 - old age ;-)
Rusty
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Hmmm, technically not quite right.
First there was UNIX which split off to BSD.
Linus emulated UNIX on a PC.
A kernel is the interface between the hardware and the operating system.
Each machine with different hardware needs a different kernel to mate
with the hardware.
Each operating system needs a different interface to match the
operating system's requirements / design.
Android has totally different hardware platform compared to a PC,
compared to a Mac, compared to a DEC, or whatever.
If the programmer writes his interface to function like Linux but
match each different platform's hardware then you can the Linux OS
utilities and such on that hardware platform. They will be the same,
functionally, if the programmer fully implements the complete
interface.
Practically, there is almost always something that is or has to be
done differently.
That is why programmers get gray hairs and burn out.
On Apr 28, 2017, at 16:10, Michael <bmike1@gmail.com> wrote:------------------------------
I think I understand it now.... There is GNU/Linux and there is Android/Linux and whatever other operating system that needs a kernel/Linux. Right?
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