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Occurences of swearing in the Linux kernel source code over time (lemmy.world)
submitted 2 weeks ago* (last edited 2 weeks ago) by TheTwelveYearOld@lemmy.world to c/linux@lemmy.world
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[–] SpaceNoodle@lemmy.world 13 points 2 weeks ago (1 children)

What's with the defuckening?

[–] Cenzorrll@lemmy.world 9 points 2 weeks ago (1 children)

Looks to me around the time that Torvalds shaped up

[–] stoicmaverick@lemmy.world 1 points 2 weeks ago (1 children)

I don't know. I kinda liked angry T-Dawg flipping off Bill Gates. It adds some friction sometimes, but sometimes it's nice to have a psycho on your team... Just not Stallman. He's too much.

[–] mcv@lemm.ee 1 points 2 weeks ago

He also used to flip off contributors, which people eventually convinced him was scaring off good developers.

[–] Quazatron@lemmy.world 11 points 2 weeks ago

I'll take code with swear words over closed code with corporate babble anytime.

[–] Geodad@lemmy.world 5 points 2 weeks ago (1 children)

Fuck will always be there at least a few times as long as my favorite software package exists.

https://github.com/nvbn/thefuck

[–] catloaf@lemm.ee 5 points 2 weeks ago (1 children)

I don't think that's part of the kernel.

[–] Geodad@lemmy.world 1 points 2 weeks ago

That's true. I misread.

Still, it's a really useful tool.

[–] acockworkorange@mander.xyz 2 points 2 weeks ago

I'd like to see this in a stacked graph.

[–] lefixxx@lemmy.world 2 points 2 weeks ago

I wanna see the mailing list