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From: deeken@iti.informatik.th-darmstadt.de (Hannes Deeken)
Newsgroups: comp.os.386bsd.misc,comp.os.linux.misc
Subject: Re: source of TCP/IP (was I hope this wont ignite a major flame ...)
Date: 4 Aug 1994 10:22:22 +0200
Organization: TU Darmstadt, ITI
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Message-ID: <deeken.775988151@iti.informatik.th-darmstadt.de>
References: <31od8d$15l@fw.novatel.ca> <31pc9l$ctp@oscar.agcs.com>
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robertsw@agcs.com (Wallace Roberts) writes:
>if you're writing (or fixing) a device driver, you are expected to have
>the h/w manuals handy. comments are unnecessary if you have the device
>manual & understand the h/w. this is the expected level of competence
>for a programmer writing or fixing a device driver.
Sure, you can figure out what these number means, if you have
the manuals. But it takes you magnitudes longer to understand a
piece of source if you have to lookup every number in a manual.
Ever heard of the '#define' directive available with the C preprocessor?
Attitudes like yours are normally found in old programmers working
on IBM mainframes and hacking /370 assembler or JCL.
>"if you can't run with the big dogs, stay on the porch..."
Well... maybe you should follow your own advice...
>>Thank you; I'll stick to working on code that I can actually read.
>you're welcome. now run along and play...
Yes, Herb, go playing, maybe writing a driver for another ethernet card
for NetBSD, or continuing your work on concatenated filesystems. ;-))
Ciao,
Hannes
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