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Let's not paint pet projects black. Most things we're using today were somebody's pet projects including linux, llvm/clang, swift etc.

• dfgdfg34545456 2y ago
  >Let's not paint pet projects black. I don't follow. Where did I do this?
  • Drakim 2y ago
    > It does smell like someone's pet project. "Smell" has negative connotations in English. If you say that "this code smells" it means it's bad, and likewise it's very easy to read your "It does smell like" as you meaning it's a bad thing.
    • dfgdfg34545456 2y ago
      Thank you for the English lesson, but it's a big leap from this supposed connotation to "painting pet projects black".
      • mpalmer 2y ago
        Not so great a leap; every part of your comment implies you think they made a strange decision going the route of using someone's pet project.