From owner-freebsd-hackers Fri Dec 12 13:51:29 1997 Return-Path: Received: (from root@localhost) by hub.freebsd.org (8.8.7/8.8.7) id NAA28198 for hackers-outgoing; Fri, 12 Dec 1997 13:51:29 -0800 (PST) (envelope-from owner-freebsd-hackers) Received: from ppp6426.on.bellglobal.com (ppp6426.on.bellglobal.com [206.172.208.18]) by hub.freebsd.org (8.8.7/8.8.7) with ESMTP id NAA27964 for ; Fri, 12 Dec 1997 13:48:22 -0800 (PST) (envelope-from hoek@FreeBSD.ORG) Received: from localhost (tim@localhost) by ppp6426.on.bellglobal.com (8.8.7/8.8.7) with SMTP id QAA00252; Fri, 12 Dec 1997 16:46:14 -0500 (EST) (envelope-from hoek@FreeBSD.ORG) X-Authentication-Warning: ppp6426.on.bellglobal.com: tim owned process doing -bs Date: Fri, 12 Dec 1997 16:46:14 -0500 (EST) From: Tim Vanderhoek X-Sender: tim@localhost Reply-To: Tim Vanderhoek To: Linus Torvalds cc: David Greenman , John Kelly , hackers@FreeBSD.ORG Subject: Re: (fwd) Re: F00F bug *fixed* in 2.0.x kernels In-Reply-To: Message-ID: MIME-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: TEXT/PLAIN; charset=US-ASCII Sender: owner-freebsd-hackers@FreeBSD.ORG X-Loop: FreeBSD.org Precedence: bulk On Fri, 12 Dec 1997, Linus Torvalds wrote: > So imagine _my_ reaction when I am told by a third party that FreeBSD is > still using the fix that I spent time _proving_ was wrong. In that > context, "sorry lot of incompetent idiots" probably sounds a lot more > understandable. Because a sorry lot you would have been. Fortunately, you knew that we were not a sorry lot and would not have implemented a known broken fix. The comment was only to be on the safe side, merely reflecting a lack of confidence in your own ability to make such judgements. :-) -- tIM...HOEk OPTIMIZATION: the process of using many one-letter variables names hoping that the resultant code will run faster.