From mboxrd@z Thu Jan 1 00:00:00 1970 Return-Path: Received: (majordomo@vger.kernel.org) by vger.kernel.org via listexpand id ; Fri, 10 Jan 2003 21:51:20 -0500 Received: (majordomo@vger.kernel.org) by vger.kernel.org id ; Fri, 10 Jan 2003 21:51:20 -0500 Received: from mta2.srv.hcvlny.cv.net ([167.206.5.5]:46222 "EHLO mta2.srv.hcvlny.cv.net") by vger.kernel.org with ESMTP id ; Fri, 10 Jan 2003 21:51:17 -0500 Date: Fri, 10 Jan 2003 21:58:45 -0500 From: Rob Wilkens Subject: Re: Nvidia and its choice to read the GPL "differently" In-reply-to: <20030111025449.GJ9124@work.bitmover.com> To: Larry McVoy Cc: Alan Cox , Larry Sendlosky , Richard Stallman , Linux Kernel Mailing List Reply-to: robw@optonline.net Message-id: <1042253924.1385.70.camel@RobsPC.RobertWilkens.com> Organization: Robert Wilkens MIME-version: 1.0 X-Mailer: Ximian Evolution 1.2.1 Content-type: text/plain Content-transfer-encoding: 7BIT References: <7BFCE5F1EF28D64198522688F5449D5A03C0F4@xchangeserver2.storigen.com> <1042250324.1278.18.camel@RobsPC.RobertWilkens.com> <20030111020738.GC9373@work.bitmover.com> <1042255571.32431.43.camel@irongate.swansea.linux.org.uk> <20030111025449.GJ9124@work.bitmover.com> Sender: linux-kernel-owner@vger.kernel.org X-Mailing-List: linux-kernel@vger.kernel.org On Fri, 2003-01-10 at 21:54, Larry McVoy wrote: > Indeed. Lots of things which are hard look easy to people who haven't > done them. Operating systems don't have a corner on that market. Of all the things that computer software programmers do, writing operating systems is among the most simplistic of those tasks. Of that, I am certain. That is why my first job out of college was as an Operating Systems Kernel Programmer. That is what they call "low level programming" and that kind of programming is looked down upon by most other programmers. High-level languages (stuff like delphi and visual basic) are grown-up languages and tools where you can create more substantial programs using more substantial areas of your brain. -Rob