> The problem is not configuring the system, but re-configuring the > system. Then again your complaint is valid to for all programs not > compiled down to machine code. Things like mrtg has to be parsed, > interpreted. Even C code has to be linked to runtime every time it > runs even if nothing chances.
That confuses the distinction, between: 1) "real work", 2) redundant "housekeeping" - interpreting or linking for instance, and 3) totally useless "do-nothing" work, which results in absolutely no change after execution. "Repeat-configuring" the system is in third group, not the second group. While the argument could be made that the second group represents a kind of "useful balance", for instance between "ease of expression" and "efficiency of execution", I would suggest that the third group represents a lack of mature judgement and skill. James -- To UNSUBSCRIBE, email to debian-bugs-dist-requ...@lists.debian.org with a subject of "unsubscribe". Trouble? Contact listmas...@lists.debian.org
