Re: Profanity in the Linux Kernel?!?!?
CaT (cat@zip.com.au)
Wed, 9 Jun 1999 13:04:02 +1000
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 ;)
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