Messages in this thread | | | From | Geert Uytterhoeven <> | Date | Fri, 6 Oct 2017 15:04:06 +0200 | Subject | Re: [PATCH] Fix C++ kernel in include/linux/mtd/mtd.h |
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On Fri, Oct 6, 2017 at 2:32 PM, Al Viro <viro@zeniv.linux.org.uk> wrote: > On Fri, Oct 06, 2017 at 02:13:59PM +0200, Pavel Machek wrote: >> On Fri 2017-10-06 13:01:16, David Woodhouse wrote: >> > On Fri, 2017-10-06 at 14:00 +0200, Richard Weinberger wrote: >> > > Am Freitag, 6. Oktober 2017, 13:55:14 CEST schrieb Pavel Machek: >> > > > > Let's carry it via MTD. >> > > > > BTW: Shouldn't it be s/kernel/comment/ in the subject line? >> > > > Yes, it should. Can it be fixed while applying? >> > > Sure. :) >> > >> > You can change 'C++' to 'C99' too, while you're at it :) >> >> No. They are C++ comments... as in... dangerous infection that came >> from C++. Yes, C99 is infected, too, but still C++ is original source >> of infection :-). > > No, it is not. See https://www.bell-labs.com/usr/dmr/www/bcpl.html and > scans refered therein; let's keep snobbery historically accurate... > > IOW, it's not C++ invention - it's BCPL one.
Ah, longing for the return of BPTRs and BSTRs ;-)
Gr{oetje,eeting}s,
Geert
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