linux-kernel - Re: [PATCH] KVM: Add wrapper script around QEMU to test kernels

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Date:	Mon, 07 Nov 2011 09:52:14 +0100
From:	Paolo Bonzini <pbonzini@...hat.com>
To:	Pekka Enberg <penberg@...helsinki.fi>
CC:	Pekka Enberg <penberg@...nel.org>, Alexander Graf <agraf@...e.de>,
	"kvm@...r.kernel.org list" <kvm@...r.kernel.org>,
	qemu-devel Developers <qemu-devel@...gnu.org>,
	"linux-kernel@...r.kernel.org List" <linux-kernel@...r.kernel.org>,
	Blue Swirl <blauwirbel@...il.com>, Avi Kivity <avi@...hat.com>,
	Américo Wang <xiyou.wangcong@...il.com>,
	Ingo Molnar <mingo@...e.hu>,
	Linus Torvalds <torvalds@...ux-foundation.org>
Subject: Re: [PATCH] KVM: Add wrapper script around QEMU to test kernels

On 11/07/2011 09:45 AM, Pekka Enberg wrote:
>
>> Specifications matter much more than working code.  Quirks are a fact
>> of life but should always come second.
>
> To quote Linus:
>
>    And I have seen _lots_ of total crap work that was based on specs. It's
> _the_ single worst way to write software, because it by definition means
>    that the software was written to match theory, not reality.

All generalizations are false.

Paolo

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