You don't need and "API" to code for a Intel CPU versus an AMD CPU. You just write it, compile it, and run. No API needed. That's what he's talking about, I think.
What's the issue here?
Both ideologues and pragmatists are utterly essential.
Implementation without strong ideals can fail just as badly as
ideals without implementation.
There wouldn't be a Linux without Linus.
There wouldn't be a Linux without Stallman.
That's really all there is to it.
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You don't need and "API" to code for a Intel CPU versus an AMD CPU. You just write it, compile it, and run. No API needed. That's what he's talking about, I think.
So this kinda thing won't happen.
Willy Wonka has prior art.
Yes, it does run on Windows 2000. It just complains about not supporting it officially on startup.
What's the issue here? Both ideologues and pragmatists are utterly essential. Implementation without strong ideals can fail just as badly as ideals without implementation. There wouldn't be a Linux without Linus. There wouldn't be a Linux without Stallman. That's really all there is to it.