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[–] reverendsteveii@lemm.ee 1 points 2 years ago

rules aren't there to be enforced, they're there so that when you break them you take a second to think about why.

[–] algernon@lemmy.ml 1 points 2 years ago (3 children)

Sadly, that's not code Linus wrote. Nor one he merged. (It's from git, copied from rsync, committed by Junio)

[–] riodoro1@lemmy.world 2 points 2 years ago

You really think someone would do that? Just go on the internet and tell lies?

[–] ngn@lemy.lol 0 points 2 years ago (3 children)
[–] Epzillon@lemmy.ml 2 points 2 years ago (1 children)

Isn't that from 1991 while the quote is from 1995? If we're nitpicking maybe we shouldn't time travel 🤓

[–] lowleveldata@programming.dev 1 points 2 years ago (1 children)

Damn it Time Patrol! You can't stop me!

[–] avidamoeba@lemmy.ca 1 points 2 years ago
[–] metallic_z3r0@infosec.pub 2 points 2 years ago

I mean it was 0.01, at that point he was screwed anyway, and he fixed his program.

[–] redcalcium@lemmy.institute 1 points 2 years ago

He wouldn't make that statement unless he experienced the horror himself.

Now, if he still does it these days...

[–] laughterlaughter@lemmy.world 0 points 2 years ago

Plus it shows three levels of indentation. Well... there is the extra one created by the compiler directives, but do they really count?