From: erik quanstrom <quanstro@quanstro.net>
To: 9fans@9fans.net
Subject: Re: [9fans] Off topic: Linus rants against GCC-isms
Date: Wed, 4 Nov 2015 19:55:01 -0800 [thread overview]
Message-ID: <92939ff79c2940f7a3bd1d0e5ddf94b6@brasstown.quanstro.net> (raw)
In-Reply-To: <201511050341.tA53funl003508@skeeve.com>
On Wed Nov 4 19:43:55 PST 2015, arnold@skeeve.com wrote:
> Hi All.
>
> Although this group in general doesn't like Linux, I think most of you
> might enjoy his rant:
>
> http://gizmodo.com/you-dont-need-to-understand-programming-to-appreciate-t-1739927472
and yet i look at the linux kernel my rant mirrors linus'. it is probablly
bad code, and self-righeous indignation about other people code all the
way to ken's door. and if we were honest enough and iconoclastic enough,
we might find something to complain about there, too.
let's face it. programming is hard, and we all suck at it.
by the way, this is about gcc insofar as the mistake is feeling the need to
use (and provide a wrapper for, in case of older compiler) some shiny new
feature of gcc.
a further by the way, the link got word wrapped and is
http://gizmodo.com/you-dont-need-to-understand-programming-to-appreciate-t-1739927472
- erik
next prev parent reply other threads:[~2015-11-05 3:55 UTC|newest]
Thread overview: 6+ messages / expand[flat|nested] mbox.gz Atom feed top
2015-11-05 3:41 Aharon Robbins
2015-11-05 3:47 ` Jacob Todd
2015-11-05 3:50 ` Ryan Gonzalez
2015-11-05 3:57 ` Andrew Simmons
2015-11-05 3:55 ` erik quanstrom [this message]
2015-11-05 4:12 ` David Meyer
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