On: Linux's Slab Allocator Is Officially Deprecated

[dathinab]

Like I sayed important but uninteresting.

Because this is not about changing how Linux allocates memory.

It's about deprecating a method Linux used in the past but has by default switched away from already in the past.

[JohnFen → dathinab]

> Like I sayed important but uninteresting

Uninteresting to you. Interesting to me.

[arp242 → dathinab]

Clearly people disagree that it's uninteresting.

You don't need to personally like every story posted on HN. It's fine to skip the some of them. You can even hide them.

[dathinab → arp242]

it's not weather its interesting for me or you but weather its interesting enough for HN readers to interact with it in the comment section ...

and I was wondering how something which seemed to be not leading to much engagement at all ended up on the front page, I wasn't complaining or saying it's bad, just wondering