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> Turn of strict aliasing via compiler flags (-fno-strict-aliasing on gcc) if you ever type-pun anywhere without using a union. That's the topic of Gary Bernha

by chx 6y ago

> Turn of strict aliasing via compiler flags (-fno-strict-aliasing on gcc) if you ever type-pun anywhere without using a union. That's the topic of Gary Bernhardt's (of JS WAT and Execute Program fame) very important "A Case Study in Not Being A Jerk in Open Source". https://www.destroyallsoftware.com/blog/2018/a-case-study-in-not-being-a-jerk-in-open-source https://www.destroyallsoftware.com/blog/2018/a-case-study-in...

saagarjha 6y ago
Linus actually matches the standard in that one, interestingly.
schlupa 6y ago
What an utter bullshit article. If people can't see the technical merit of an article past the swear words, they should stop working and join their convent of choice. Weaklings.
- saagarjha 6y ago
  I think that is the entire point of the article.
temac 6y ago
> loses none of the meaning It absolutely looses some meaning and important information conveying, and most importantly some impact factor. Communicating by pretending you are in a neutral state of mind when you feel very strongly about a subject put everybody at risk of not understanding the perceived importance of it. The rewritten email looks like corporate bullshit and is the kind of thing you risk to immediately forget. It looks like The PowerPoint slide that crashed a space shuttle https://medium.com/@JoachimLasoen/the-powerpoint-slide-that-crashed-a-space-shuttle-c820c907d0ae https://medium.com/@JoachimLasoen/the-powerpoint-slide-that-... It would have been way less distributed and discussed if originally written this way. Now the original is maybe too much and, while a few repetitions are ok, it contains probably way too many. But there is probably a middle ground to be found between the original email and the rewritten one. For example, "AND STANDARD" in caps is perfectly fine if you want such strong emphasis on that point. Likewise for "documented" for emphasis but somehow less than caps. That makes no sense to pretend that such emphasis is a meaningless expression of anger; those are key point of the mail, called early on. I agree you probably want to avoid "f*ckin moron" and "braindamage", however there is no point in removing "piece of garbage" about this point in the C standard, and the precise point being talked about is contextually clear in the mail.

by chx 6y ago

saagarjha 6y ago

Linus actually matches the standard in that one, interestingly.

schlupa 6y ago

What an utter bullshit article. If people can't see the technical merit of an article past the swear words, they should stop working and join their convent of choice. Weaklings.

saagarjha 6y ago
I think that is the entire point of the article.

temac 6y ago

> loses none of the meaning It absolutely looses some meaning and important information conveying, and most importantly some impact factor. Communicating by pretending you are in a neutral state of mind when you feel very strongly about a subject put everybody at risk of not understanding the perceived importance of it. The rewritten email looks like corporate bullshit and is the kind of thing you risk to immediately forget. It looks like The PowerPoint slide that crashed a space shuttle https://medium.com/@JoachimLasoen/the-powerpoint-slide-that-crashed-a-space-shuttle-c820c907d0ae https://medium.com/@JoachimLasoen/the-powerpoint-slide-that-... It would have been way less distributed and discussed if originally written this way. Now the original is maybe too much and, while a few repetitions are ok, it contains probably way too many. But there is probably a middle ground to be found between the original email and the rewritten one. For example, "AND STANDARD" in caps is perfectly fine if you want such strong emphasis on that point. Likewise for "documented" for emphasis but somehow less than caps. That makes no sense to pretend that such emphasis is a meaningless expression of anger; those are key point of the mail, called early on. I agree you probably want to avoid "f*ckin moron" and "braindamage", however there is no point in removing "piece of garbage" about this point in the C standard, and the precise point being talked about is contextually clear in the mail.