Comment by incrudible

4 years ago

I just want Microsoft to develop a proper terminal application and not handwave away complaints about performance with "that's a PhD right there". Even if it was a PhD, I'd then expect a PhD to be put to the task, because this is a crucial component of the operating system.

Realistically though, a PhD is the opposite of what you want here. A PhD is almost by definition an inexperienced programmer. It's also someone who is likely to fall in love with their ideas, putting aesthetics or purity above practicality and effectiveness.

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ZeroGravitas  4 years ago

I was more responding to the article, which used that specific example as a jumping off point to talk about management structure in software development generally.

I don't use Windows, but I do use Kitty terminal (https://sw.kovidgoyal.net/kitty/) and from my interactions with that project and trying to get code ligatures working in my setup I've learned that terminals are really complex, both for technical and legacy/ecosystem reasons so my gut reaction is to support the MS engineers, without having read deeply into that specific issue.

edit: having read some more of the original ticket, I'm more firmly on the MS developers side. I think the other person is both rude and uninformed about what they are talking about, which is a terrible combination.

  • incrudible  4 years ago

    The ticket discussion brought to light that it is a rendering problem. The other person wrote a terminal renderer that has none of the performance problems and all of the required features. I would say the MS developers have been proven wrong.