Date: Wed, 16 Apr 2014 10:43:52 -0500 From: Matthew Pherigo <hybrid120@gmail.com> To: Polytropon <freebsd@edvax.de> Cc: Jorge Luis Carvalho Santos <jorgeassembler1@outlook.com>, "freebsd-questions@freebsd.org" <freebsd-questions@freebsd.org> Subject: =?utf-8?Q?Re:_The_source_code_of__*BSD_contains_the_comment__?= =?utf-8?Q?=E2=80=98Does_this_belong_here=3F=E2=80=99?= Message-ID: <2A8EB6AC-B58D-49F4-9077-2CBEA4F66742@gmail.com> In-Reply-To: <20140416154900.1b4d2ee9.freebsd@edvax.de> References: <COL127-W50854C41C300BA3C07D981E8500@phx.gbl> <20140416154900.1b4d2ee9.freebsd@edvax.de>
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> On Apr 16, 2014, at 8:49 AM, Polytropon <freebsd@edvax.de> wrote: >=20 >> On Wed, 16 Apr 2014 00:38:08 +0300, Jorge Luis Carvalho Santos wrote: >> The source code of *BSD contains the comment =E2=80=98Does this belong h= ere?=E2=80=99 >=20 > Does the source code also contain an implicit or explicit > answer to that question? >=20 > On the other hand: >=20 > The source code of "Word for Windows" made by the MICROS~1 > corporation contains the word 'fuck' three (!) times! >=20 > ./Opus/asm/wordgrep.asm:; BP is used as always, the other registers are f= ree to fuck with. > ./Opus/asm/wordgrep.asm: je another_fucking_out_of_range_jump > ./Opus/asm/wordgrep.asm:another_fucking_out_of_range_jump: >=20 > What kind of business professionalism does _that_ inspire? ;-) >=20 > Imagine what comments you could find in current programs > made by MICROS~1 when... yes, _if_ you could ever get the > source code from them. :-) >=20 > Joke aside. I would not treat comments that seriously. > It's much more important that source code is present and > of high quality. Developers are real humans. =46rom time > to time, they do stupid things, and one of the least > important stupid things is leaving such a comment in the > source code. Just don't put too much emphasize in it. >=20 >=20 >=20 > By the way, I've checked my local FreeBSD v8 source tree > and didn't find the comment you've mentioned. Can you tell > _where_ (which particular OS, version, file, line) I can > find it? >=20 >=20 >=20 > --=20 > Polytropon > Magdeburg, Germany > Happy FreeBSD user since 4.0 > Andra moi ennepe, Mousa, ... > _______________________________________________ > freebsd-questions@freebsd.org mailing list > http://lists.freebsd.org/mailman/listinfo/freebsd-questions > To unsubscribe, send any mail to "freebsd-questions-unsubscribe@freebsd.or= g" It's in the LINUX source code, not the BSD source. The original sender has v= ery poor English skills. --Matt=
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