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"IBM has a well-known disdain for vowels, and basically refuses to use them for mnemonics (they were called on this, and did "eieio" as an instruction just to t
by ajdlinux 10y ago
"IBM has a well-known disdain for vowels, and basically refuses to use them for mnemonics (they were called on this, and did "eieio" as an instruction just to try to make up for it)."
- Linus Torvalds, 2009 (http://yarchive.net/comp/linux/coding_style.html http://yarchive.net/comp/linux/coding_style.html)
- planteen 10y agoHaha, didn't know that. I figured an engineer had a kid with an affinity for Old MacDonald.
- aruggirello 10y agoOld MacDonald had a (server) farm, eieio...