Messages in this thread | | | Date | Wed, 9 Jun 1999 13:04:02 +1000 | From | CaT <> | Subject | Re: Profanity in the Linux Kernel?!?!? |
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On Tue, Jun 08, 1999 at 03:01:58PM -0600, Scott Jaderholm wrote: > > Good Evenin', > > I probably don't really have the right to say the following, because I > don't contribute to the linux kernel. But I am going to say it > anyways :) > > I hope that I do not offend too many people. > > cd /usr/src/linux ; grep -i fuck `find . -name '*.[ch]'` > > It seems to me that if you are trying to make an OS that is going to be > used by the masses you would try and present yourselves as best as > possible. Using profanity to document your code doesn't seem all that > appealing to me, but I don't know about others. > > Is it really necessary? Someone could easily put "messed up" in place > of it.
When you're coding at 4am and hit the biggest stupidity of your life, "messed up" just doesn't quite cover it. :)
(not that I've coded for the kernel... I just know the feeling ;)
-- CaT (cat@zip.com.au) URL: http://zipper.zip.com.au/dev/null
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