Comment on What “Worse is Better vs The Right Thing” is really aboutparentComments−icebraining14yDebian runs on many architectures without being slowed by bytecode JITs. I'd say that's a technically better solution.−lnanek214yYes, but the software has to be compiled to the architecture too using that solution. So it is just putting the problem on to others: the users, the software developers, etc. - many of whom will happily just use something else.−derleth14y> the software has to be compiled to the architecture too using that solutionRight. Which is why Debian has a package management system. Most people never have to compile any of the software they use.−artsrc14yJIT compilation of bytecode is only one option. There are others:http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/IBM_System_iThe Debian ecosystem exists in the context on a more pervasive network than existed for DOS.
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Debian runs on many architectures without being slowed by bytecode JITs. I'd say that's a technically better solution.
Yes, but the software has to be compiled to the architecture too using that solution. So it is just putting the problem on to others: the users, the software developers, etc. - many of whom will happily just use something else.
> the software has to be compiled to the architecture too using that solution
Right. Which is why Debian has a package management system. Most people never have to compile any of the software they use.
JIT compilation of bytecode is only one option. There are others:
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/IBM_System_i
The Debian ecosystem exists in the context on a more pervasive network than existed for DOS.