Just a Kludge in the Wall

Today I saw a HN discussion on a WSL-like Windows subsystem for FreeBSD and was stunned by the amount of genuine enthusiasm regarding that monstrosity. Sadly, it is just yet another kludge in the ivory tower of software bloat . It is like all software is gravitating towards a single point of singularity, with all existing platforms collapsing into an incomprehensible black hole, sucking in our…