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SubjectRe: Profanity in the Linux Kernel?!?!?
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On Thu, 10 Jun 1999, David wrote:
>
> "oops 00" hmm, very well understood. oops 00.
>

And that means? Did someting fuck up? Was it minor?

> on the other hand;
>
> "fatal exception 0e" a fatal processor exception was trapped. the exception
> code is 0x0e
>

I don't buy 0E for a minute. According to my books, 0E is the floppy
interrupt for the CPU - and what the hell does that have to do with
anything when it's not even accessed? It tells you nothing.

> "at address nnnn" this describes where it happened.
>

Uh, yeah, a user will know EXACTLY what that means. I do, but a user
won't.

> does your car's dashboard light up with "i'm f*cked up" when something
> happens? probably not, you wouldn't know if you needed gas or your oil
> pressure is zed.
>

Hah, but the user can read and understand the lights.

> quite truely that morality has degenerated and become the minority.
> so be it that Linus chooses to allow the kernel source to have this
> language. because you are irreverent doesn't mean others don't walk
> away with a bad taste. if you want filth in your code, then go for
> it. there -are- a lot of religious and moral people that read kernel
> source. adding filthy language to the kernel doesn't enhance it's
> performance or increase it's effectiveness in any form. it simply
> amuses or offends some of us.
>
> as to world domination which is something Linus looks to, i can't
> always bring something in to a client that has filthy language in it.
> i'll defer to a 2nd rate OS rather than present something that is
> offensive to them. sure it's nice to boost your ego and feel a bit
> more swarthy by coloring your language but it generally indicates you
> couldn't think of something better to say so you resorted to
> expletives. most teenagers feel the need to bolster their impressions
> with colored words, some grow out of it. this is a generality, not a
> personal attack. one generally doesn't include such language in their

It's a stereotype. Maybe you don't know this, but stereotypes lend
themselves to prejudice. And besides, you fail to understand one thing:
"Fucked up" is something that is MANY TIMES MORE MAJOR than "screwed up"
or something to that effect. I don't *care* what you say... it's a
stronger word and therefore conveys a stronger meaning. It's not
egotistical babbletalk.

And Linux sells itself on its reliability. If you don't feel comfortable
selling programs with "dirty" source, you better stop selling programs
period. Especially Microsoft and other companies' programs with lots of
code in it.

> resume when trying to sell themselves to a prospective employer or
> client.
>

Nope they don't. And that analogy has no relevancy whatsoever.

If you guys are gonna pick on Linux, then pick on other programs equally.
They do it as much if not more than Linux does.

> personally, i could do without the expletives in the source and i tend
> to patch them out. that's my choice and i'm not imposing it on you.
> i don't feel it's proper to have such in the public kernel source but
> it isn't my choice. i don't appreciate the coloring and if there was
> another OS like linux without the filthy language, i'd advocate it.
>

Hah!

I advocate OSs that are reliable and give users flexibility to do what
they want, and are free. Thus far, Linux fits that. And Linux is very
portable, too.

> This is Linux Country. On a quiet night, you can hear Windows NT reboot!
> Do you remember how to -think- ? Do you remember how to experiment? Linux
> __ is an operating system that brings back the fun and adventure in computing.

That is part of the reason that I use it.

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