Messages in this thread |  | | Date | Thu, 25 Jul 1996 09:54:00 -0500 (CDT) | From | Ronnie Sanford <> | Subject | Re: Nasty comments |
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Just thought I would let you know that at least one person out here completely agrees with you. Ronnie Sanford Digi International
On Tue, 23 Jul 1996, Hubert A. Bahr wrote:
> I gave up using curse words to impress somebody 30 years ago. Okay > I'm old. As a Vietnam Vet I certainly had the opurtunity to invent > and use my share. > > My problem with curse words in published code, which is what > putting your code on an ftp site essentially does, publish it. Is > that it reflects a lack of pride in the product. I didn't know that > code for linux was being put out against a deadline and against the > authors wishes. It should be a freely given product that reflects > pride in its development. > > I've certainly known the frustration of long debugging sessions > and been warned by my wife more than once about the salt air around > my computer, but I find time to tidy up before I publish. > > As the Linux product becomes more professional it becomes more > and more tempting to use sections of it as examples for class discussion > and I would rather have the discussion on what the code does than > what the comments contain. All in all, if I see code with profanity > in it, it colors my view of its value and certainly makes me question > its use, especially for discussion. > > My view on comments is if the author doesn't have pride in > his code and leaves explatives in it so be it. I won't have pride > in it either. For runtime messages, I concur, there is no proper > place for them in published code. > > Hubert Bahr >
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