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From: Larry McVoy <lm@bitmover.com>
To: Horst von Brand <vonbrand@sleipnir.valparaiso.cl>
Cc: Victor Yodaiken <yodaiken@fsmlabs.com>, linux-kernel@vger.kernel.org
Subject: Re: Coding style - a non-issue
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In-Reply-To: <200112012318.fB1NI6sW020423@sleipnir.valparaiso.cl>; from vonbrand@sleipnir.valparaiso.cl on Sat, Dec 01, 2001 at 08:18:06PM -0300
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On Sat, Dec 01, 2001 at 08:18:06PM -0300, Horst von Brand wrote:
> Victor Yodaiken <yodaiken@fsmlabs.com> said:
> > Linux is what it is because of design, not accident. And you know
> > that better than anyone.
> 
> I'd say it is better because the mutations themselves (individual patches)
> go through a _very_ harsh evaluation before being applied in the "official"
> sources. 

Which is exactly Victor's point.  That evaluation is the design.  If the 
mutation argument held water then Linus would apply *ALL* patches and then
remove the bad ones.  But he doesn't.  Which just goes to show that on this
mutation nonsense, he's just spouting off.
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