Re: Company sued over comments in code
Hrvoje Niksic <hniksic(a)srce.hr> writes:
> But the XEmacs comment are pretty reasonable complaints about
the
> current state of software.
Not true. Much of the "offensive" comments and variables are pure
rants, including but not limited to
`run_the_gcc_developers_over_with_a_steamroller'. Still, they say
nothing about the quality of the code.
`run_the_gcc_developers_over_with_a_steamroller' explains nicely why
it exists and what its purpose is. If someone from the gcc camp were
to sue, uh, someone from the XEmacs camp, it would be trivial to get a
gazillion well-respected hackers to act as expert witnesses and say
so. (And it's funny.)
I just can't see what "fetch watermelon" is supposed to mean. It
makes no sense to me.
Let them fry.
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