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it's surprising that Linus answers peacefully and pedagogically ! and thus it's a nice read to refresh the definition of semaphores, spinlocks and mutexes. May

it's surprising that Linus answers peacefully and pedagogically ! and thus it's a nice read to refresh the definition of semaphores, spinlocks and mutexes. Maybe you can edit the title and add a little [199] :-)

Perceptes 12y ago
He did start out by saying Peter Samuelson's CS education was bad, so there was certainly some of the infamous Linus in there.
- rainbowgarden 12y ago
  Can you blame Linus for saying that? I can't speak with precision about 1999, but someone assumed to have a CS education should know the difference between semaphore and spinlock.
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  - zo1 12y ago
    Whether they did or didn't know about the definitions, they should have at least looked it up to confirm before posting to the Linux Kernel Dev list or taking on Linus on the matter.
- devnonymous 12y ago
  Erm, firstly he didn't say Peter's Samuelson's CS education was bad. He said "your CS courses were bad" and then follows up with "...(or just didn't cover much about concurrency, which is fairly common) ..." . I think, you might have been trying very hard to find some of the Linus you imagined in there.
smcl 12y ago
I came on here to say exactly this. Fairly or unfairly, Linus gets a lot of criticism for being pretty harsh in some situations. In discussions about this people often stick up for Linus saying that either he's joking or that the people he's addressing can take it and that he's not that way with everyone. I guess this is the first time I've ever seen this side of Linus get any sort of prominence on HN (or elsewhere).
Intermernet 12y ago
Like most of the media, someone being polite rarely makes headlines. Linus spends much of his time being polite and helpful on many mailing lists, but it's his outbursts that make headlines, and convince the easily convincable that he's "rude".
forgottenpass 12y ago
it's surprising that Linus answers peacefully and pedagogically ! No, it's not. Quit taking blogs at face value.

Perceptes 12y ago

He did start out by saying Peter Samuelson's CS education was bad, so there was certainly some of the infamous Linus in there.

rainbowgarden 12y ago
Can you blame Linus for saying that? I can't speak with precision about 1999, but someone assumed to have a CS education should know the difference between semaphore and spinlock.
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- zo1 12y ago
  Whether they did or didn't know about the definitions, they should have at least looked it up to confirm before posting to the Linux Kernel Dev list or taking on Linus on the matter.
devnonymous 12y ago
Erm, firstly he didn't say Peter's Samuelson's CS education was bad. He said "your CS courses were bad" and then follows up with "...(or just didn't cover much about concurrency, which is fairly common) ..." . I think, you might have been trying very hard to find some of the Linus you imagined in there.

smcl 12y ago

I came on here to say exactly this. Fairly or unfairly, Linus gets a lot of criticism for being pretty harsh in some situations. In discussions about this people often stick up for Linus saying that either he's joking or that the people he's addressing can take it and that he's not that way with everyone. I guess this is the first time I've ever seen this side of Linus get any sort of prominence on HN (or elsewhere).

Intermernet 12y ago

Like most of the media, someone being polite rarely makes headlines. Linus spends much of his time being polite and helpful on many mailing lists, but it's his outbursts that make headlines, and convince the easily convincable that he's "rude".

forgottenpass 12y ago

it's surprising that Linus answers peacefully and pedagogically ! No, it's not. Quit taking blogs at face value.