Linus doesn't say things like that. He goes after people who enter discussions without bothering to understand the details or the history. If you want to code

Linus doesn't say things like that. He goes after people who enter discussions without bothering to understand the details or the history. If you want to code your own kernel in Java, that's your prerogative. But if you come to lkml and start preaching C++ advantages, you will get flaked.