Messages in this thread | | | Date | Thu, 10 Jun 2004 16:41:00 -0700 (PDT) | From | alan <> | Subject | Re: Insults in the kernel-sources |
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On Fri, 11 Jun 2004, Nigel Cunningham wrote:
> alan wrote: > > Turns out the Microsoft code has just as much profanity, if not more, than > > the Linux kernel source. (Of course, they have more to swear about...) > > The amount of profanity in the Microsoft code is irrelevant, unless you want to base your ethics on > what people do. If you think it through, you'll see that's a very shaky foundation for determining > right and wrong.
I just find it a pointless diversion one way or another. profanity is quite descriptive when it comes to code. (Especially device drivers.)
Some people try to assign their personal choices of language preference into a moral judgement. It generates more heat than light in a development environment.
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