Mach & Latin
Thomas Schwinge made a nice analogy in a mailing list post – studying the Hurd on Mach is like learning Latin – even though it’s obsolete, the knowledge you gain will be re-usable.
http://lists.gnu.org/archive/html/gnu-system-discuss/2007-07/msg00064.html
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