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Date: Fri, 05 Dec 2008 12:17:02 +0100
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Cc: Garrett Cooper <yanefbsd@gmail.com>,
	FreeBSD Hackers <freebsd-hackers@freebsd.org>,
	Maksim Yevmenkin <maksim.yevmenkin@gmail.com>
Subject: Re: RFC: small syscons and kbd patch
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Christoph Mallon <christoph.mallon@gmx.de> writes:
> Don't try to argue about style(9). IMO it's horribly outdated, but
> there are conservative forces, which would prefer to cling to K&R. At
> least we got function prototypes!

If there's something specific in style(9) you don't like, you are
welcome to start a discussion about it, and we will consider the merits
of your arguments; talking about "conservative forces that would prefer
to cling to K&R" will get you nowhere.

DES
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