linux-kernel - Re: Announce: Linux-next (Or Andrew's dream :-))

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Date:	Sat, 16 Feb 2008 00:03:47 +0000
From:	Alan Cox <alan@...rguk.ukuu.org.uk>
To:	Roel Kluin <12o3l@...cali.nl>
Cc:	Linus Torvalds <torvalds@...ux-foundation.org>,
	Greg KH <greg@...ah.com>, Jeff Garzik <jeff@...zik.org>,
	David Miller <davem@...emloft.net>, arjan@...radead.org,
	sfr@...b.auug.org.au, linux-kernel@...r.kernel.org,
	linux-next@...r.kernel.org, linux-arch@...r.kernel.org,
	akpm@...ux-foundation.org
Subject: Re: Announce: Linux-next (Or Andrew's dream :-))

On Sat, 16 Feb 2008 00:05:59 +0100
Roel Kluin <12o3l@...cali.nl> wrote:

> Alan Cox wrote:
> >> Evolution in nature and changes in code are different because in code junk
> >> and bugs are constantly removed. In biology junk is allowed and may provide
> >> a pool for future development. Linux development is intended and not
> >> survival.
> > 
> > I would be interested to see any evidence (rather than intuition) to
> > support that, given that both appear to be the same kind of structure and
> > that structure is nowadays fairly well understood.
> 
> What do you mean with structure, the evolution? that both are a language?

No that they show the same mathematical structure and behaviour - both
are scale free networks.

Alan
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