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From: pfeiffer@nmsu.edu (Joe Pfeiffer)
Newsgroups: comp.os.linux.development.system,comp.unix.bsd.freebsd.misc
Subject: Re: Linux UFS support and FreeBSD
Followup-To: comp.os.linux.development.system,comp.unix.bsd.freebsd.misc
Date: 23 Dec 1996 03:01:56 GMT
Organization: NMSU Computer Science
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In-reply-to: pgf@american.com's message of 20 Dec 1996 23:34:30 GMT
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In article <59f7q6$f7a@nesti.newengland.net> pgf@american.com (Paul Fox) writes:
i have _no_ clue about the poster's problem, but i will
say that there is _no_ place for obscenity in production
quality software, whether in comments or in user visible output. it
certainly doesn't reflect well on the programmer, nor on the linux
community as a whole.
This appears to be a lonely limb to climb out on, but I agree with
you. Where there's no need for obscenity there's no reason for it,
and there's never a need for it in error messages. I think even the
people defending the language will agree that ``fucking Sun blows me''
is a completely useless message?
--
Joseph J. Pfeiffer, Jr., Ph.D. Phone -- (505) 646-1605
Department of Computer Science FAX -- (505) 646-1002
New Mexico State University http://www.cs.nmsu.edu/~pfeiffer
One fish, two fish, red fish, blue fish: Dr. Seuss
Next fit, first fit, best fit, worst fit: Dr. Pfeiffer
-- note at the end of a final exam submitted by one of my students
this semester