My personal opinion of Mach is not very high. Frankly, it's a piece of crap. It contains all the design mistakes you can make, and even managed to make up a few of its own.
About this quote
- What does it mean?
- Torvalds expresses low regard for the Mach operating system, claiming it contains fundamental design flaws and invented new mistakes.
- In plain terms
- He thinks Mach is broken and full of avoidable design errors.
- What can you take from it?
- Design errors compound when developers ignore basics.
Where it applies
Putting it to work
Questions to consider
- What makes a design flawed?
- How do we measure system quality?
Another view
The claim is subjective without detailed technical breakdown.
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