Date: Thu, 29 Feb 1996 16:17:21 -0800 From: David Greenman <davidg@Root.COM> To: invalid opcode <coredump@nervosa.com> Cc: Mark Murray <mark@grondar.za>, freebsd-chat@freebsd.org Subject: Re: your mail Message-ID: <199603010017.QAA10776@Root.COM> In-Reply-To: Your message of "Thu, 29 Feb 1996 14:09:17 PST." <Pine.BSF.3.91.960229140606.26195C-100000@nervosa.com>
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>On Thu, 29 Feb 1996, Mark Murray wrote: > >> I may not agree with _all_ of Linus's points, but I agree with enough >> of them to make the document useable. It certainly has its place in the >> argument for the "One true programming style". The only shit I find >> in the whole lot is your addition, quoted at the top. >> Mark Murray > >Let me ammend my original opinion, yes my words were too harsh, but no, I >do not think this document is good. You site how Linus is not forcing >anything on anyone, well of course he isn't. Nobody has to listen to a >thing he says, just as nobody has to listen to anything anyone says. But >if you read his general attitude, he kind of purveys the image that if >you don't code in his style, that you automatically don't know what you >are doing, and should be rewriting your code. I find that imo, wrong. You've obviously never met Linus. This is exactly how he is in person. The thing is, he *really does* think he's God's gift to programming. ...and there are a whole lot of people that follow him. -DG David Greenman Core-team/Principal Architect, The FreeBSD Project
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