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Jobs was a bully who got the big picture right, but often got the details wrong; folklore.org has plenty of stories about people going round Jobs to get shit do
by pm 9y ago
Jobs was a bully who got the big picture right, but often got the details wrong; folklore.org has plenty of stories about people going round Jobs to get shit done.
Linus is abrasive, but he usually has a good explanation for why the target of his ire is a moron, e.g. everytime some coder without Linus’ experience suggests converting the kernel codebase to C++.
Let’s be honest, most developers are average at best, and knowledge is our status play. Scoring points against Linus’ decisions are one way to get you noticed, which makes him a target. If I had to deal with that shit everyday, I would do my best to discourage point scorers by putting them in their place as well.
- icelancer 9y ago>> C++ This is the only way you can get Linus to really lose his shit. I'm surprised his comments in this Intel thing approach the level of anger he has for C++. It's my barometer for how important something is to him.
- TuringTest 9y agoHas anyone suggested him to port the kernel to Rust yet? :-P
- Ygg2 9y agoNo, but mostly, because Redox already exists :-P
- dfischer 9y agoHave an example post? Would like to read for a chuckle. :$
- 1911z 9y agohttp://harmful.cat-v.org/software/c++/linus http://harmful.cat-v.org/software/c++/linus
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