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Michael S <already5chosen@yahoo.com> writes:

> On Wednesday, September 14, 2022, Juha Nieminen wrote:
>
>> Andreas Kempe <ke...@lysator.liu.se> 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?