Nice On Fri, Dec 20, 2019 at 4:23 PM Navin Dhanuka <[email protected]> wrote:
> Linus Torvalds, Linux’s creator, doesn’t make speeches anymore. But, what > he does do, and he did again at Open Source Summit Europe in Lyon France is > have public conversations with his friend Dirk Hohndel, VMware’s Chief Open > Source Officer. In this keynote discussion, Torvalds revealed that he > doesn’t think he’s a programmer anymore. > > So what does the person everyone thinks of as a programmer’s programmer do > instead? Torvalds explained: > > “I don’t know coding at all anymore. Most of the code I write is in my > e-mails. So somebody sends me a patch … I [reply with] pseudo code. I’m so > used to editing patches now I sometimes edit patches and send out the patch > without having ever tested it. I literally wrote it in the mail and say, ‘I > think this is how it should be done,’ but this is what I do, I am not a > programmer.” > > So, Hohndel asked, “What is your job?” Torvalds replied, “I read and write > a lot of email. My job really is, in the end, is to say ‘no.’ Somebody has > to say ‘no’ to [this patch or that pull request]. And because developers > know that if they do something that I’ll say ‘no’ to, they do a better job > of writing the code.” > > Read More: Zdnet.com > <https://www.zdnet.com/article/linus-torvalds-im-not-a-programmer-anymore/ > > > > -- > Navin Dhanuka > ~~~~~~~~~~~ > Always bear in mind that your own resolution to succeed > is more important than any other thing. :: Abraham Lincoln :: > -- > https://mm.ilug-bom.org.in/mailman/listinfo/linuxers -- ----- -- https://mm.ilug-bom.org.in/mailman/listinfo/linuxers
