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Linus has mentioned abuse of BUG_ON on multiple occasions. What is the deal with whiny devs wanting to make Linus look like an ogre when they are CLEARLY in the
by supermatt 8y ago
Linus has mentioned abuse of BUG_ON on multiple occasions. What is the deal with whiny devs wanting to make Linus look like an ogre when they are CLEARLY in the wrong?
- pizza234 8y agoCommunication is a foundation of software engineering, and the problem is here is about communication. If you read the discussion (https://lore.kernel.org/lkml/20180813214328.GA15137@beast/T/#u https://lore.kernel.org/lkml/20180813214328.GA15137@beast/T/...) you'll find how the devs are trying to tackle the subject constructively, while Torvalds rants and (arguably) abuses more than focusing on the technical side. All of his bantering (this is a very charitable definition) is completely redundant to the discussion, and at least irritating (very charitable definition as well). The extract of the twit `I and @kees_cook had hard times extracting the rationale from his wild abuse.` is the core of the problem, and I find it very accurate.
- supermatt 8y agoI have (of course) read the discussion. The rationale is perfectly clear from Linus first response! “Extract of the twit”? ROFL. Sadly I think that is the whole problem.