XTL

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XTL,

I really hope it would be a working one, not like xfs where your files may just disappear with no trace (never on Irix, never on any other fs) or like btrfs which may just suddenly go read only and be dead on reboot with no fsck and all data unreachable.

How hard is it to get the basics right? Doesn’t matter how much rice there is if it keeps blowing up.

XTL,

Me too. I’ve run 30 years with ext and bsd filesystems with no failure. Many years with various UNIX native fs as well. But Linux xfs, reiserfs, btrfs all have resulted in catastrophic failure within a year on several machines. They’re permanently off my list, but I have some hope that someone will get a new fs right.

XTL,

A Microsoft (stolen) design and the most evil CPU arch?

At least caves might be ethically sourced.

XTL,

You know there’s tons of real chips out already and more coming all the time?

ARM is as much just a spec at heart.

XTL,

It does take some time to get going and a few stories are pretty dense. But it’s also a good re-read, especially after reading some notes about the things you missed the first time around. There’s a crazy amount of detail and characters.

The artwork is also legendary, of course.

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