Profanity and OS projects - should we care?

http://redmine.ruby-lang.org/issues/5625

by tuna • 15 years ago

6 10 15 years ago

Seems like too much free time and the politically correct got its round over the ruby community for good this time. Luckily they are not reading the linux kernel.

dextorious2• 15 years ago

No.

dextorious2• 15 years ago

Down-voted, why? For replying succinctly? Does the question merit a larger reply?

deferraz2• 15 years ago

Lets hope that this douchebag never reads the Linux Kernel source code

tuna2• 15 years ago

http://durak.org/sean/pubs/kfc/ linux kernel fuck count

deferraz2• 15 years ago

so much love <3

makecheck• 15 years ago

I think a far better action than saying "oh no, swear words" would be to ask: what code is apparently causing developers to swear and how can it be fixed?

And for what it's worth, when people are offended by mere words I counter with "I'm offended by censorship", because I am. What is it about certain commonly-censored materials that makes them so special? Why can't a person just change the channel or read something else to avoid uncomfortable material? Also, why are people so much more likely to be angry about swear words (which cause no demonstrable harm), when things that do cause harm (like wars) are more-or-less tolerated silently? Makes you wonder.

tuna2• 15 years ago

true, code would help there instead of bikeshedding. also it would serve as guide to anyone following the patch.

Draconar• 15 years ago

such pussies.

AndrewDucker• 15 years ago

Swear words which are deliberately offensive or pejorative should generally be avoided.

But there's no reason why flavoursome language can't be used to get across the developer's feelings about how fucking awful the shit piece of code they've just had to kludge something into was, and how much they're looking forward to clearing it up in a later release.

eccp• 15 years ago

Source code is not only about the implementation, but also about the approach of the developers to express a solution to a problem. If swearing is part of that expression, it's OK to me, but I agree that unneccesary swearing, and being offensive to a certain group or demographic should be avoided at all.

Profanity and OS projects - should we care?

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