RE: Cosmetic Changes: ensuring decency of the Linux Kernel Source

Hughes, Timothy P (hughes@aaos.org)
Tue, 13 Oct 1998 11:26:23 -0500

I tend to agree with Slaine. I am not much of a programmer. But, when I do
mess around with code, I tend to get a little bit tense and worn out by the
end. (And that is working on simple code.....) I can completely understand
the sentiments that are being expressed in the comments. My view on this
is that if you don't like the comments that are found in the code, don't
read the code. The comments are what help to give Linux life, by cleaning
them up, you are just making the code very sterile and cold. It really
takes away from the story behind the source, which is part of the reason you
have the comments in the first place.....

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Timothy P. Hughes
Associate Technical Analyst
American Academy of Orthopaedic Surgeons
hughes@aaos.org
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> -----Original Message-----
> From: Slaine [mailto:sln@ucs.co.za]
> Sent: Tuesday, October 13, 1998 3:56 AM
> To: majordomo@vger.rutgers.edu
> Cc: linux-kernel@vger.rutgers.edu
> Subject: Re: Cosmetic Changes: ensuring decency of the Linux Kernel
> Source.
>
>
> Tigran,
> come on man, where's your sense of humour? free speech?
> this stuff was most probably written late at night by very
> tired people,
> and this probably just illustrates how they felt at that
> particular moment, besides, what is exactly wrong with
> swearing? don't you?
>
>
> On Mon, 12 Oct 1998, Tigran Aivazian wrote:
> >Hello guys,
> >
> >I did a grep of the kernel for the "f-word" and to my surprize, found
> >plenty...
> >
> >As English is not my first language I cannot insist with any
> degree of
> >certainty that this is not acceptable but, just in case, I
> attached the
> >list of files that someone more literate than me might want to
> >"spell-check".
> >
> >My deepest and sincere apologies if this offends someone -
> my intention
> >is only improvement of Linux in any way, however minor it may seem :)
> >
> >regards,
> >Tigran
> >
> >-------------------------------------------------------------
> ---------
> >./fs/binfmt_aout.c: /* Fuck me plenty... */
> >../lib/vsprintf.c: * Wirzenius wrote this portably, Torvalds
> fucked it up :-)
> >../drivers/net/sunhme.c:/* Only Sun can take such nice parts
> and fuck up the programming interface
> >../drivers/net/sunhme.c: /* This card is
> _fucking_ hot... */
> >../drivers/net/sunhme.c: /* This card is
> _fucking_ hot... */
> >../drivers/block/cmd640.c: * These chips are basically
> fucked by design, and getting this driver
> >../drivers/scsi/esp.c: * how bad the target and/or ESP fucks
> things up.
> >../drivers/scsi/esp.c: * phase things. We don't want
> to fuck directly with
> >../drivers/scsi/esp.c: /* Be careful, we could
> really get fucked during synchronous
> >../drivers/scsi/qlogicpti.h:/* Am I fucking pedantic or what? */
> >../drivers/scsi/NCR53C9x.c: * how bad the target and/or ESP
> fucks things up.
> >../drivers/scsi/NCR53C9x.c: * phase things. We don't want
> to fuck directly with
> >//drivers/scsi/NCR53C9x.c: /* Be careful, we could
> really get fucked during synchronous
> >./drivers/cdrom/sbpcd.c: CURRENT=req->next; /* task
> can fuck it up GTL */
> >../arch/i386/kernel/mtrr.c:/* Some BIOS's are fucked and
> don't set all MTRRs the same! */
> >../arch/sparc/kernel/head.S: /* XXX Fucking Cypress... */
> >../arch/sparc/kernel/process.c: /* fuck me plenty */
> >../arch/sparc/kernel/sunos_ioctl.c: /* Binary compatibility
> is good American knowhow fuckin' up. */
> >../arch/sparc/kernel/ptrace.c:/* Fuck me gently with a chainsaw... */
> >../arch/mips/kernel/irixelf.c:#if 0 /* XXX No fucking way dude... */
> >../arch/mips/kernel/irixioctl.c: * irixioctl.c: A fucking mess...
> >../arch/mips/kernel/r2300_switch.S:/* XXX The following is
> fucking losing... find a better way dave. */
> >../arch/mips/sgi/kernel/setup.c: * fucking with the
> memory controller because it needs to know the
> >../arch/mips/sgi/prom/tags.c:/* XXX This tag thing is a
> fucking rats nest, I'm very inclined to completely
> >../arch/mips/sgi/prom/tags.c:#define TAGVAL(v) (void*)&(v)
> /* XXX FUCKING LOSING!!! XXX */
> >//arch/sparc64/kernel/process.c: /* fuck me plenty */
> >./arch/sparc64/kernel/sys_sparc32.c:
> panic("Tell DaveM he fucked up...");
> >../arch/sparc64/kernel/ptrace.c:/* Fuck me gently with a
> chainsaw... */
> >../arch/sparc64/kernel/binfmt_aout32.c: /* Fuck
> me plenty... */
> >../arch/sparc64/mm/init.c: /* Fucking losing PROM has more
> mappings in the TLB, but
> >
> >
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