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"Hey, Michaelangelo, what is that piece of shit you're carving?" I don't think so.
by kabdib 12y ago
"Hey, Michaelangelo, what is that piece of shit you're carving?"
I don't think so.
- wolf550e 12y ago1. The letter was to a user of the compiler, not to its author. 2. Linus is a Finn, their culture is a bit different, people who post on LKML know this.
- caf 12y agoWell, for one thing a C compiler is a considerably more utilitarian creation - "Hey, McDonalds, Big Macs taste like shit". And of course even purely artistic creations have always been subject to quite blunt appraisals - you won't have to look far to find them about, say, Jackson Pollock's paintings.
- DanBC 12y agoPollack and others were funded through CIA programmes to demonstrate the power of the creative free thinking West. Listening to the God-awful Jazz they play at my local coffee shops makes me wonder just how effective this campaign of psychological warfare was.