Messages in this thread | | | Date | Tue, 4 May 1999 13:15:34 -0400 (EDT) | From | Alexander Viro <> | Subject | Re: Ken Thompson interview in IEEE Computer magazine (fwd) |
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On 4 May 1999, Nat Lanza wrote:
> John Hayward-Warburton <linux@billabong.demon.co.uk> writes: > > > I absolutely agree. Let's treat this man with a huge amount of > > respect. Perhaps he's read old code? Seen badly set-up systems? Not > > got much first-hand experience of the Linux kernel? Maybe his > > interview was badly sub-edited by the publisher (it occasionally > > happens)? > > I'm pretty amazed at the responses to this thread. Can you folks > really not take criticism any better than this? Someone who thinks > Linux code is uneven and shoddy in places must obviously be sad, > bitter, and misinformed?
Sorry, you've misread it. What I said is that getting such comments is bitter and sad. Especially from Ken. As for sucking code - heck, *indeed* we have it. Read l-k for a while and you'll see rants on that very topic *here*.
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