Comment by kunley
2 days ago
So, if my sentence is rude, and "take anything Linus says about compilers with a grain of salt" isn't, then I definitely quit this discussion.
2 days ago
So, if my sentence is rude, and "take anything Linus says about compilers with a grain of salt" isn't, then I definitely quit this discussion.
I'm suggesting that Linus isn't the best person to be used as an expert in compilers because his field isn't in compilers.
You're suggesting that someone who works on compilers shouldn't be used as an expert in compilers because their field is in compilers.
There is a difference between those two statements, and that difference is what makes one rude where the other isn't.
Your statement
> by writing kernels... his use-case is much more practical than anything that compiler designers could imagine.
States that compiler designers cannot even imagine the practicalities needed to write kernels. Which is quite a blanket statement to try to make and defend.