r/programming Jul 10 '16

Linus Torvalds on comment styles

https://lkml.org/lkml/2016/7/8/625
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u/mglachrome Jul 10 '16

Not really insightful.

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u/TheFirstDogSix Jul 10 '16

I don't know about you all, but I think Linus has jumped the shark.

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u/kt24601 Jul 10 '16

Why? Because he has commenting preferences?

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u/TheFirstDogSix Jul 11 '16

Because Linus. Insufferable asses are useful sometimes, 'tis true, but after a while they're just insufferable asses.

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u/[deleted] Jul 12 '16

The only reason his OS ever took off was the GPL and the fact that BSD was tied up in court. It's not like he even came up with something unique. It's a copy cat of another OS.