> Are the people who depend on it seriously incapable of taking up the load?
Probably. First of all most are domain experts not at all systems programmers. That’s the main value of such libraries.
And even for those who work close to the iron: plenty depend on, say, the Linux kernel without being able to write patches or even diagnose problems. And few, if any kernel developers have submitted patches to, say, GCC.
Probably. First of all most are domain experts not at all systems programmers. That’s the main value of such libraries.
And even for those who work close to the iron: plenty depend on, say, the Linux kernel without being able to write patches or even diagnose problems. And few, if any kernel developers have submitted patches to, say, GCC.