Re: Design Decisions and Hurd/L4 work (was: Re: Improving Hurd)

[Philip Dodd]

> Some more: Now we understand exchother perfectly.
> I _do_ need to read at least two books in order to even contemplate
> doing something useful - I can not, not under any circumstances, program
> on something I do not 100% (not 99.99%!) understand.
> And now I hear that Hurd is based on concepts that have 10 years advance
> on me in matters of basic computer science.
>
> If necessary, I will retake a course in Software Enginneering ... but I
> need to understand the design priciples, and the scientific philosophy
> behind them.

I think it was Aristotle who said, "What we have to learn to do, we learn by
doing."

Good Luck,

Philip DODD