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From: Tim Rentsch
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Subject: Re: "Richard Stallman Announces C Reference"
Date: Fri, 16 Sep 2022 09:00:00 -0700
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Michael S writes:
> On Friday, September 16, 2022 at 4:56:23 PM UTC+3, Tim Rentsch wrote:
>
>> Michael S writes:
>>
>>> On Wednesday, September 14, 2022, Juha Nieminen wrote:
>>>
>>>> Andreas Kempe wrote:
>>>>
>>>>> This might be part of the reasoning, but I think the main reason
>>>>> is that Linus is biased against C++ on the grounds of simply not
>>>>> liking the language.
>>>>>
>>>>> Here's a quote I managed to find again from when they were
>>>>> discussing Rust support in the kernel:
>>>>
>>>> I still find it astonishing how much unprofessionalism there is
>>>> in the Linux development scene, even at the highest levels.
>>>>
>>>> Just read the cringe language used in the *official* Linux kernel
>>>> coding style guideline page:
>>>> https://www.kernel.org/doc/html/v4.10/process/coding-style.html
>>>>
>>>> (I'm not talking about the coding style itself, but the
>>>> explanatory text.)
>>>
>>> I like the language of this text.
>>> Style itself - less so; agree or accept with 80%, but not with
>>> another 20%.
>>
>> Do you mind saying which parts you don't agree with?
>
> Yes, I do.
In that case do you mind saying which parts you agree with?
Just kidding.. I respect your decision not to answer,
and say thank you for responding.