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This is an old known satire...

• greenyoda 13y ago
  And it even has a "satire" label at the top of the post. And it's been previously posted on HN: https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=4574629 https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=4574629
• taspeotis 13y ago
  I think this story sits one below "The Invention of C++" [1] on /r/forwardsfromgrandma [1] http://artlung.com/smorgasborg/Invention_of_Cplusplus.shtml http://artlung.com/smorgasborg/Invention_of_Cplusplus.shtml
• jeena 13y ago
  But, but .. Linus does speak like that!
  • aristidb 13y ago
    It doesn't really read like Torvalds at all to me. More like Standard Cynical Programmer.