Re: 2 thoughts. . .

Mike Connors (connorsm@ficus.cs.ucla.edu)
Thu, 18 Jul 1996 10:25:42 -0700


= From owner-linux-kernel-outgoing@vger.rutgers.edu Thu Jul 18 10:02:21 1996
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= On Tue, 16 Jul 1996, Alan Cox wrote:
=
= > > Does anyone else think it is in bad taste to have the kernel printing:
= > > printk("ufs_read_super: fucking Sun blows me\n");
= > >
= > > I think we could live without that one. :)
= >
= > Seconded
= >
=
= *raises third hand*
=
= Though I can remember a time when I was really frustrated with an
= account-based package and my boss (after fingering the server) emailed to
= ask who the account sh**head belonged to... ;-)
=

I don't write any code for Linux, but I do know you guys work hard to
obtain the respect for the Linux kernel from the industry. So why include
unprofessional verbosity?

Sure, you might want to vent your frustrations out by showing fellow
programmers how you felt at that point in the code, and other professional
programmers, like the ones writing Sun code, might include things like
this in their code. But, their code isn't published and spread throughout
the world for others to scrutinize.

Just my two cents. Flame me at will. ;-)

Mike