I think a lot of it boils down to the Linux ecosystem worship of C99.
Hardly. If anything it stems from a dual attempt at Linux user space devs to turn Linux into a merger of OSX and Solaris, while applying copious amounts of NIH-ism and second system thinking.
They are far too willing to throw away whole generations of software and concepts over some esoteric corner case or other, and keep chasing platonic ideals that will never stand up to an encounter with actual usage.
And likely when Torvalds steps down, and thus no longer hold the kernel devs to the "do not break user space" mantra, we will see the kernel fall to the same mentality quite quickly.
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Hardly. If anything it stems from a dual attempt at Linux user space devs to turn Linux into a merger of OSX and Solaris, while applying copious amounts of NIH-ism and second system thinking.
They are far too willing to throw away whole generations of software and concepts over some esoteric corner case or other, and keep chasing platonic ideals that will never stand up to an encounter with actual usage.
And likely when Torvalds steps down, and thus no longer hold the kernel devs to the "do not break user space" mantra, we will see the kernel fall to the same mentality quite quickly.
its CADT cubed.