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From: pgf@american.com (Paul Fox)
Newsgroups: comp.os.linux.development.system,comp.unix.bsd.freebsd.misc
Subject: Re: Linux UFS support and FreeBSD
Date: 24 Dec 1996 00:07:25 GMT
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Paul Fox (pgf@american.com) wrote:
: i'm done, and i'll stop complaining.  but i'll be very disappointed if that
: sort of style becomes the norm for linux programming.

since writing this, and based upon someone else's mention of a "policy"
for obscenity in the kernel, i've looked up the relevant threads from
the linux-kernel mailing list archives.  i didn't know the whole thing
had been hashed through before.  i guess i apologize for dredging it up.

paul

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    paul fox                            american internet corporation
    pgf@american.com			(home: pgf@foxharp.boston.ma.us)