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> I was fairly certain the sarcasm (or satire as I prefer to call it; sounds more intellectual) would be obvious. I get that the author was being sarcastic, bu
by thrdbndndn 4y ago
> I was fairly certain the sarcasm (or satire as I prefer to call it; sounds more intellectual) would be obvious.
I get that the author was being sarcastic, but I don't get what purpose they serve other than be obnoxious.
- unwind 4y agoYeah, I found it hard to understand too. Was the sarcasm the bit about the bracing, when the actual bug has nothing to do with the goto but instead is the missing post-increment (++)?
- Anderkent 4y agoEvery 'how is this possible' was sarcastic
- kryptiskt 4y agoIf you follow the link at the bottom you get to a more analytical blog post: https://flak.tedunangst.com/post/thoughts-on-style-the-TLS-and-errors https://flak.tedunangst.com/post/thoughts-on-style-the-TLS-a... And the context here is that OpenBSD people were really mad about OpenSSL in the aftermath of Heartbleed. It was around this time they forked it into LibreSSL.
- Anderkent 4y agoYeah, the sarcasm is completely counterproductive (as it usually is). The same sentiments expressed sincerely would be a much better read
- jmprspret 4y agoI thought the prose was meant to be more humorous than cynical. I took it as the author cracking jokes about the simple mistakes made. Thought it was funny myself.