Date: Fri, 21 Mar 2014 11:20:17 -0600 From: Ian Lepore <ian@FreeBSD.org> To: Dag-Erling =?ISO-8859-1?Q?Sm=F8rgrav?= <des@des.no> Cc: Warren Block <wblock@wonkity.com>, jilles@FreeBSD.org, freebsd-arch@FreeBSD.org, freebsd-current@FreeBSD.org, Mariusz Zaborski <oshogbo@FreeBSD.org> Subject: Re: Hello fdclose Message-ID: <1395422417.81853.14.camel@revolution.hippie.lan> In-Reply-To: <86mwgj7aru.fsf@nine.des.no> References: <CAGOYWV80vTTQbvSjvNa6XBzBiKy%2BjnGantkUH_RO=8prxoHmyQ@mail.gmail.com> <201403181404.52197.jhb@freebsd.org> <alpine.BSF.2.00.1403182230140.45496@wonkity.com> <201403191523.33275.jhb@freebsd.org> <alpine.BSF.2.00.1403191407240.52822@wonkity.com> <86zjkkr5ma.fsf@nine.des.no> <alpine.BSF.2.00.1403210740240.13682@wonkity.com> <86fvmbzlbn.fsf@nine.des.no> <alpine.BSF.2.00.1403211030450.14887@wonkity.com> <86mwgj7aru.fsf@nine.des.no>
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On Fri, 2014-03-21 at 17:54 +0100, Dag-Erling Sm=F8rgrav wrote: > Warren Block <wblock@wonkity.com> writes: > > Dag-Erling Sm=F8rgrav <des@des.no> writes: > > > I mean the FreeBSD project, and the reason is as John stated: all > > > sentences must start with a capital letter. I've gotten so used to > > > this over the past 15 years that I even do it in email and other > > > non-FreeBSD written material. > > "Because it's been that way for 15 years" is not always a > > justification (consider BIND in base, for example :). >=20 > "I don't like your answer, so I will ignore it" is not a justification > either. It's kindergarden behavior and beneath the dignity of a FreeBS= D > committer. >=20 > We have a rule that sentences must always start with a capital letter. > The fact that this rule was instituted 15 years ago does not > automatically invalidate it, and neither does the fact that Joe Random > Committer disagrees with it. >=20 > DES Just as the age of a moronic "rule" such as this doesn't in any way justify the idea that it could never be changed. Especially when the "rule" appears to be an undocumented prejudice. People love to throw around assertions about "rules" of the English language. It doesn't have many rules (subject has to agree in number with the verb, that's about it for unbreakable rules), but it has as many opinions on proper style as there are readers and writers. -- Ian
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