Re: [opensuse] Novell and the F-Word

Randall R Schulz wrote:
On Wednesday 01 August 2007 10:08, Ben Kevan wrote:

...

Gotta love it


It's a versatile word!

% grep -Ri *** /usr/src/linux/* |wc -l
57


At a glance, net/netfilter/nf_queue.c is cute. drivers/scsi/qlogicpti.h
could have been me. Hmmm... Now that I think of it, of my code might
still linger in the AIX TCF kernel. I hope I didn't disgrace myself or
my former employer. Of course, since they were later bought out by CA,
who the *** cares... Oops!


RRS

And lets not forget our common foe:

http://www.kuro5hin.org/story/2004/2/15/71552/7795

"*Embarrassments*

In the struggle to meet deadlines, I think pretty much all programmers
have put in comments they might later regret, including swearwords and
acerbic comments about other code or requirements. Also, any
conscientious coder will put in prominent comments warning others about
the trickier parts of the code. Comments like "UGLY TERRIBLE HACK" tend
to indicate good code rather than bad: in bad code ugly terrible hacks
are considered par for the course. It would therefore be both
hypocritical and meaningless to go through the comments looking for
embarrassments. But also fun, so let's go.

Curse words: there are a dozen or so "fucks" and "shits", and hundreds
of "craps". Some dissatisfaction with the compiler is expressed in
private\shell\shell32\util.cpp:"

Happens everywhere, everywhere that developers hit frustration that is.

Cheers

Pete


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