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Date:      Fri, 20 Aug 1999 15:55:16 -0700 (PDT)
From:      "Brian F. Feldman" <green@FreeBSD.org>
To:        "David O'Brien" <obrien@FreeBSD.org>
Cc:        ports@FreeBSD.org
Subject:   Re: cvs commit: ports/devel/ddd Makefile
Message-ID:  <Pine.BSF.4.10.9908201554410.32298-100000@freefall.freebsd.org>
In-Reply-To: <19990820120013.A55656@dragon.nuxi.com>

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On Fri, 20 Aug 1999, David O'Brien wrote:

> > Sorry. Were those bogus portlint warnings then?
> 
> Nope.   From "The Ten Commandments for C Programmers" (Annotated Edition)
>         by Henry Spencer
> 
> I.  Thou shalt run lint frequently and study its pronouncements with
>     care, for verily its perception and judgement oft exceed thine.
> 
>     ..snip..
>     ``Study'' doth not mean mindless zeal to eradicate every byte of lint
>     output--if for no other reason, because thou just canst not shut it
>     up about some things--but that thou should know the cause of its
>     unhappiness and understand what worrisome sign it tries to speak of.

Ah. I never read that, but thanks, I'll keep it close to my heart :)

-- 
 Brian Fundakowski Feldman           /  "Any sufficiently advanced bug is    \
 green@FreeBSD.org                   |   indistinguishable from a feature."  |
     FreeBSD: The Power to Serve!    \        -- Rich Kulawiec               /



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