Return-Path: Received: (majordomo@vger.kernel.org) by vger.kernel.org via listexpand id S263614AbUFKAd1 (ORCPT ); Thu, 10 Jun 2004 20:33:27 -0400 Received: (majordomo@vger.kernel.org) by vger.kernel.org id S263616AbUFKAd1 (ORCPT ); Thu, 10 Jun 2004 20:33:27 -0400 Received: from 216-99-213-120.dsl.aracnet.com ([216.99.213.120]:28838 "EHLO clueserver.org") by vger.kernel.org with ESMTP id S263614AbUFKAdZ (ORCPT ); Thu, 10 Jun 2004 20:33:25 -0400 Date: Thu, 10 Jun 2004 16:41:00 -0700 (PDT) From: alan X-X-Sender: alan@www.fnordora.org To: Nigel Cunningham Cc: linux-kernel@vger.kernel.org Subject: Re: Insults in the kernel-sources In-Reply-To: <40C8F7BA.1060700@linuxmail.org> Message-ID: MIME-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: TEXT/PLAIN; charset=US-ASCII Sender: linux-kernel-owner@vger.kernel.org X-Mailing-List: linux-kernel@vger.kernel.org Content-Length: 996 Lines: 22 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. - To unsubscribe from this list: send the line "unsubscribe linux-kernel" in the body of a message to majordomo@vger.kernel.org More majordomo info at http://vger.kernel.org/majordomo-info.html Please read the FAQ at http://www.tux.org/lkml/