Messages in this thread | | | Date | Tue, 13 Oct 1998 01:40:07 +0200 (CEST) | From | Geert Uytterhoeven <> | Subject | Re: Cosmetic Changes: ensuring decency of the Linux Kernel Source. |
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On Mon, 12 Oct 1998, Tigran Aivazian wrote: > I did a grep of the kernel for the "f-word" and to my surprize, found > plenty... > > As English is not my first language I cannot insist with any degree of > certainty that this is not acceptable but, just in case, I attached the > list of files that someone more literate than me might want to > "spell-check". > > My deepest and sincere apologies if this offends someone - my intention > is only improvement of Linux in any way, however minor it may seem :)
Have you ever written a driver for crappy hardware that doesn't obey it's specs? If yes, you should understand why people use the f-word in the comments.
Greetings,
Geert
-- Geert Uytterhoeven Geert.Uytterhoeven@cs.kuleuven.ac.be Wavelets, Linux/{m68k~Amiga,PPC~CHRP} http://www.cs.kuleuven.ac.be/~geert/ Department of Computer Science -- Katholieke Universiteit Leuven -- Belgium
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