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   Buddha Buck <bmbuck@acsu.buffalo.edu> wrote:
>As far as I know, Linux has refused to dictate coding style -- the
>Documentation/CodingStyle file is a suggestion, not a requirement. To
>quote from that file, "Coding style is very personal, and won't _force_
>my views on anybody...".

Though as far as I can tell, almost all of the kernel code is written
with that unusual 8-character indent, and I'm told that that is Linus'
doing.

Dale
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