Messages in this thread | | | Subject | Re: [OT] Re: Cosmetic Changes: ensuring decency of the Linux Kernel Source. | Date | Tue, 13 Oct 1998 10:51:06 +0100 | From | Tethys <> |
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>If it really matters that much, then we can replace all the offensive >words with consonants and strategically placed asterisks (eg fuck -> f*ck, >shit -> sh*t, etc). :)
Now *that* would offend me. Profanity is a part of life, and at times, it helps express things the way you intended :-) If people really find it offensive, I'd suggest that maybe they have a problem and need to think about it a bit... after all, who does it *really* harm if a comment in the code says "fuck" occasionally?
If nothing else, some of the comments are rather amusing -- after all, Linux is meant to be *fun*.
FWIW, in linux-kernel way back on Fri, 19 Jul 1996, Linus wrote:
> In short, in the _occasional_ comment it's perfectly ok to > say "Fucking Sun blows me", because that may actually tell > something of the state of mind of the person when he wrote that > special case.. And let's be honest, writing code is not all > about "specifications", and comments aren't just "technical > explanations". > > Now, I have to admit that the profanities seem to show up a > lot more in the sparc code than in the rest of the kernel, and > Davem might want to clean some of that up, but because I hate > politically correct so much I will _not_ accept patches from > others that just change this kind of stuff.
So the matter's pretty much closed. Fortunately, our illustrious leader has enough sense to ignore those so easily offended... I say, keep up the good work, Dave :-)
Tet
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