Return-Path: Received: (majordomo@vger.kernel.org) by vger.kernel.org via listexpand id S264082AbUFKPoH (ORCPT ); Fri, 11 Jun 2004 11:44:07 -0400 Received: (majordomo@vger.kernel.org) by vger.kernel.org id S264088AbUFKPoH (ORCPT ); Fri, 11 Jun 2004 11:44:07 -0400 Received: from mail.dif.dk ([193.138.115.101]:8145 "EHLO mail.dif.dk") by vger.kernel.org with ESMTP id S264082AbUFKPoD (ORCPT ); Fri, 11 Jun 2004 11:44:03 -0400 Date: Fri, 11 Jun 2004 17:43:14 +0200 (CEST) From: Jesper Juhl To: Tobias Hirning Cc: linux-kernel@vger.kernel.org Subject: Re: Insults in the kernel-sources In-Reply-To: <200406102053.48615.Tobias.Hirning@gmx.de> Message-ID: References: <200406102053.48615.Tobias.Hirning@gmx.de> 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: 830 Lines: 27 On Thu, 10 Jun 2004, Tobias Hirning wrote: > Hi people, > have you ever tried a > grep "insult" -i -r ./* > in the sourcetree of the kernel? sure. > So do and think about, because the you can find to much of insults in > the sources. Why do you find this to be a problem? People use swear words everywhere, why not code comments? If that's the language that best describes something I say use it... They are just words, nothing to get so worked up about IMO. What matters is the quality of the code, not the level of profanity in the comments. -- Jesper Juhl - 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/