Messages in this thread |  | | Subject | Re: [linux-usb-devel] Re: [BK PATCH] USB changes for 2.5.34 | From | Robert Love <> | Date | 15 Sep 2002 20:01:16 -0400 |
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On Sun, 2002-09-15 at 19:52, Larry McVoy wrote:
> We clearly have different definitions of what is acceptable. If your > attitude is that understanding the code is a luxury all that means is > that I want you nowhere near any code I maintain. Non-trivial code > requires non-trivial understanding and that understanding is not a > "luxury" in my book.
Well, since the code Daniel was referring to having debugged (ptrace and thread debacle earlier) was broken and he successfully fixed it -- he is welcome to come near code as far as I am concerned.
In short, he and Ingo fixed some messed up code and that is all that matters. I do not care if he uses a debugger or a magic ball, so long as he fixes it.
Personally, I do not use a debugger and it is partly because of the reasons you list. But if Daniel can fix a problem (which he most likely ran into firsthand with his work on gcc and gdb) then he is welcome in my eyes.
> If your company has such a poor business model that they can't afford to > pay you enough to take the time to do a good job then find a different > place to work. No amount of debugger "help" is going to make up for a > lack of understanding.
Please, give it up.
Robert Love
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