"When I first looked at Git source code two things struck me as odd: 1. Pure C as opposed to C++. No idea why. Please don't talk about portability, it's BS."

"When I first looked at Git source code two things struck me as odd: 1. Pure C as opposed to C++. No idea why. Please don't talk about portability, it's BS." Come on. Dude was picking a fight, and he got it. Maybe there are other examples of Linus being an ass, but I don't see how this qualifies.