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Path: euryale.cc.adfa.oz.au!newshost.carno.net.au!harbinger.cc.monash.edu.au!news.rmit.EDU.AU!news.unimelb.EDU.AU!munnari.OZ.AU!uunet!in2.uu.net!205.173.251.8!news1.iamerica.net!xavier.varmm.com!not-for-mail From: AJ Musgrove <musgrove@xavier.varmm.com> Newsgroups: comp.os.linux.development.system,comp.unix.bsd.freebsd.misc Subject: Re: Linux UFS support and FreeBSD Date: 26 Dec 1996 18:53:55 GMT Organization: LDS I-America Lines: 30 Distribution: inet Message-ID: <59uhk3$r1t@news1.iamerica.net> References: <59ac1t$hq1@news6.noc.netcom.net> <59f7q6$f7a@nesti.newengland.net> <59ksn4$s5o@bubba.NMSU.Edu> NNTP-Posting-Host: 206.81.50.10 X-Newsreader: TIN [UNIX 1.3 unoff BETA release 960917] Xref: euryale.cc.adfa.oz.au comp.os.linux.development.system:37636 comp.unix.bsd.freebsd.misc:33099 Joe Pfeiffer <pfeiffer@nmsu.edu> wrote: : In article <59f7q6$f7a@nesti.newengland.net> pgf@american.com (Paul Fox) writes: : i have _no_ clue about the poster's problem, but i will : say that there is _no_ place for obscenity in production : quality software, whether in comments or in user visible output. it : certainly doesn't reflect well on the programmer, nor on the linux : community as a whole. : This appears to be a lonely limb to climb out on, but I agree with : you. Where there's no need for obscenity there's no reason for it, : and there's never a need for it in error messages. I think even the : people defending the language will agree that ``fucking Sun blows me'' : is a completely useless message? That language, while I don't personally agree with it, does show the programmers have a personality and are real people. While error msgs in my programs never use anything but "nice, clean" language, my comments in the code would sometimes make a seasoned sailor blush. -- AJ Musgrove ---------------------------------------------------------------- My opinions do not necessarily reflect those of my employer, or anyone else for that matter. O- ----------------------------------------------------------------