Date: Fri, 20 Aug 1999 15:55:16 -0700 (PDT) From: "Brian F. Feldman" <green@FreeBSD.org> To: "David O'Brien" <obrien@FreeBSD.org> Cc: ports@FreeBSD.org Subject: Re: cvs commit: ports/devel/ddd Makefile Message-ID: <Pine.BSF.4.10.9908201554410.32298-100000@freefall.freebsd.org> In-Reply-To: <19990820120013.A55656@dragon.nuxi.com>
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On Fri, 20 Aug 1999, David O'Brien wrote:
> > Sorry. Were those bogus portlint warnings then?
>
> Nope. From "The Ten Commandments for C Programmers" (Annotated Edition)
> by Henry Spencer
>
> I. Thou shalt run lint frequently and study its pronouncements with
> care, for verily its perception and judgement oft exceed thine.
>
> ..snip..
> ``Study'' doth not mean mindless zeal to eradicate every byte of lint
> output--if for no other reason, because thou just canst not shut it
> up about some things--but that thou should know the cause of its
> unhappiness and understand what worrisome sign it tries to speak of.
Ah. I never read that, but thanks, I'll keep it close to my heart :)
--
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green@FreeBSD.org | indistinguishable from a feature." |
FreeBSD: The Power to Serve! \ -- Rich Kulawiec /
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