Messages in this thread | | | Date | Sun, 16 Jun 2013 12:26:50 -0700 | From | Guenter Roeck <> | Subject | Re: Linux 3.10-rc6 |
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On Sun, Jun 16, 2013 at 08:09:03AM -1000, Linus Torvalds wrote: > On Sun, Jun 16, 2013 at 2:37 AM, Martin Steigerwald <Martin@lichtvoll.de> wrote: > > > > Do you really think your cursing controls how other people behave? > > Yes. In three ways: > > - I have magic mind-powers, and cursing releases them, and makes > kernel developers behave better. I'm not very strong in my > mind-powers, so only weak-willed individuals are noticeably affected - > and we really don't have a lot of those - but hey, every little bit > helps. > > - It turns off small-minded people who care more about tone than > substance, and means that I can get rid of the whiners. > > - it is a signal for people who have some sense that I'm getting > irritated, and reminds them about how I pay them the big bucks and > makes them behave. >
Another reason: The threat of being cursed at makes people more careful, and thus helps keeping the Linux kernel clean and working. The best method to screw up a code base is to be politically correct with those breaking it.
Keep doing it, and never give in to demands for political correctness.
Guenter
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