Path: csiph.com!news.mixmin.net!eternal-september.org!reader01.eternal-september.org!.POSTED!not-for-mail From: Tim Rentsch Newsgroups: comp.lang.c++ Subject: Re: "Richard Stallman Announces C Reference" Date: Fri, 16 Sep 2022 09:00:00 -0700 Organization: A noiseless patient Spider Lines: 39 Message-ID: <86edwbl37j.fsf@linuxsc.com> References: <088ac17f-3651-4dbf-b4c0-96fb7bec2efbn@googlegroups.com> <86mtazl8y2.fsf@linuxsc.com> <6b0fb44d-6dc9-4072-af6e-26b3ca5ffd7en@googlegroups.com> MIME-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: text/plain; charset=us-ascii Injection-Info: reader01.eternal-september.org; posting-host="4a0db673561e161ba81b81715d43a3e1"; logging-data="4057667"; mail-complaints-to="abuse@eternal-september.org"; posting-account="U2FsdGVkX19oHNXhqVS96mHktpoyyd6Skkzq+u8aRQA=" User-Agent: Gnus/5.11 (Gnus v5.11) Emacs/22.4 (gnu/linux) Cancel-Lock: sha1:n0pYhwM6Y7hV1qOtw+8BFhc4KiQ= sha1:UmBqX+X13bwTcrJGWgVPW0g+hWc= Xref: csiph.com comp.lang.c++:86359 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.