Date: Wed, 16 Apr 2014 14:16:10 +0100 From: Arthur Chance <freebsd@qeng-ho.org> To: =?UTF-8?B?TWloYWkgRG9uyJt1?= <mihai.dontu@gmail.com>, freebsd-questions@freebsd.org Subject: =?UTF-8?B?UmU6IFRoZSBzb3VyY2UgY29kZSBvZiAgKkJTRCBjb250YWlucyB0aGU=?= =?UTF-8?B?IGNvbW1lbnQgIOKAmERvZXMgdGhpcyBiZWxvbmcgaGVyZT/igJk=?= Message-ID: <534E829A.6070405@qeng-ho.org> In-Reply-To: <20140416150701.330b76b8@mdontu-l> References: <COL127-W50854C41C300BA3C07D981E8500@phx.gbl> <COL127-W3715056578EC3F958B38B8E8530@phx.gbl> <20140416150701.330b76b8@mdontu-l>
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On 16/04/2014 13:07, Mihai Donțu wrote: > On Wed, 16 Apr 2014 14:41:19 +0300 Jorge Luis Carvalho Santos wrote: >>> Lok Technologies , a San Jose, Calif.-based maker of networking >>> gear, started out using Linux in its equipment but switched to >>> OpenBSD four years ago after company founder Simon Lok, who holds a >>> doctorate in computer science, took a close look at the Linux >>> source code.“You know what I found? Right in the kernel, in the >>> heart of the operating system, I found a developer’s comment that >>> said, ‘Does this belong here?’ “Lok says. “What kind of confidence >>> does that inspire? Right then I knew it was time to switch.” >>> reference :http://www.forbes.com/2005/06/16/linux-bsd-unix-cz_dl_0616theo.html >>> The source code of *BSD contains the comment ‘Does this belong >>> here?’ >> >> I am very interested in being answered, please help me > > I noticed there's a trend these days to dig out these ancient articles > and try and stir up the BSD people. What's up with that? > Trolling, (im)pure and simple. Firstly the linked article is both nine years old and non-technical journalism with the usual journalist's simplistic love of hyping differences and disagreements. (And you can usually rely on Theo for the latter :-). It's exactly as relevant as the usual "scientists find X cures/causes cancer" stories you get in mainstream journalism. Secondly, I went so far as to grep the FBSD source tree (at least the 10.0-R source on my machine) and it does *not* contain any "Does this belong here?" comments. It does contain two comments remarking that bits of code could reasonably be put in one of two routines and one remarking that a kernel related declaration could be in either of two include/sys/*.h files. All of them are good commenting practice in system code rather than markers of incompetence like the OP is insinuating.
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