On Wed Nov 4 19:43:55 PST 2015, arn...@skeeve.com wrote: > Hi All. > > Although this group in general doesn't like Linux, I think most of you > might enjoy his rant: > > http://gizmodo.com/you-dont-need-to-understand-programming-to-appreciate-t-1739927472
and yet i look at the linux kernel my rant mirrors linus'. it is probablly bad code, and self-righeous indignation about other people code all the way to ken's door. and if we were honest enough and iconoclastic enough, we might find something to complain about there, too. let's face it. programming is hard, and we all suck at it. by the way, this is about gcc insofar as the mistake is feeling the need to use (and provide a wrapper for, in case of older compiler) some shiny new feature of gcc. a further by the way, the link got word wrapped and is http://gizmodo.com/you-dont-need-to-understand-programming-to-appreciate-t-1739927472 - erik