Re: Spelling in 2.6.2

[Randy.Dunlap]

On Tue, 10 Feb 2004 12:09:01 -0800 Michael Hayes <mike@xxxxxxxx> wrote:

| Relax, this is not a spelling patch.
| 
| I was curious how fast spelling errors flow into the kernel, so I
| looked at the + lines in the 2.6.2 patch.  A few of the errors
| already existed, but most of them are new.  It turns out that there
| are around 200 new spelling errors in 2.6.2.
| 
| A "wether" (castrated goat) has appeared, along with a "Rusell" that
| should be stamped out before it spreads.  Someone had a dreadful time
| with "technology" and its variants, spelling it wrong 9 different ways.
| 
| Here's what I found:
| 
| File                                      Error            Should be          #
| -------------------------------------------------------------------------------

Amazing (to me).  It's a good thing that we have a compiler to
check the non-comments, otherwise it might never boot.

BTW, I've heard that it's typos in user-visible messages that
really mattter.  :)

--
~Randy
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