Re: Profanity in the Linux Kernel?!?!?

Riley Williams (rhw@MemAlpha.CX)
Fri, 11 Jun 1999 12:35:35 +0100 (GMT)


Hi Rogier.

>> 2. Word used to describe Linus Torvalds.

>> - * Wirzenius wrote this portably, Torvalds fucked it up :-)
>> + * Wirzenius wrote this portably, Torvalds made a mess of it :-)

> I'm sorry, but if someone wants to call himself names, then
> that's his full right. Don't you dare touch comments writen by
> Linus.

Did Linus write that comment? To me, it looks far more like a comment
added by somebody else to describe his/her opinion of Linus's tweaking
Wirzenius's code...

Best wishes from Riley.

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| There is something frustrating about the quality and speed of Linux |
| development, ie., the quality is too high and the speed is too high, |
| in other words, I can implement this XXXX feature, but I bet someone |
| else has already done so and is just about to release their patch. |
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* ftp://ftp.MemAlpha.cx/pub/rhw/Linux
* http://www.MemAlpha.cx/kernel.versions.html

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