Linus Torvalds dissects the ontological fabric of reality just to explain tags.

https://lkml.org/lkml/2012/4/15/112

by andreiursan • 14 years ago

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Forrest77782• 14 years ago

I am not saying that he is not correct or that he is wrong in trying to enlighten Felipe, I just think he could have been more respectful. If his explanation of his reasoning and logic tends to look more like flame than an explanation I think it should be time to save the email and go do something else for a bit. I also think that posting this and getting it attention as a 'look at this guy, he got flamed!' bit is silly as well.

andreiursan• 14 years ago

I agree with your observation but let's remember that we are talking about Linus. He usually replies with a flamethrower - mainly when he believes in another way of doing things, but in the end he has a point. And that point is flame worth (IMO).

horfthorft2• 14 years ago

Being respectful, polite or sometimes even flammable are not contradictory. A well timed flame instance can act as a catalyst for understanding and development, at least that has worked with me. -- well-done many times

thestoicattack• 14 years ago

Note that this email comes at the end of a really long thread arguing this point (reversion in stable trees) on LKML. The discussion also spilled onto G+. I'm not at all surprised that Linus (among other people) might be losing some patience.

gee_totes• 14 years ago

If you know physics, think of a release (and the tag is associated with it) as "collapsing the wave function".

What does ontological fabric of reality mean? (besides being a good headline)

toddh• 14 years ago

As a consciousness had to apply the tag the wave function was already collapsed. A tag is more like adding another dimension to reality.

Linus Torvalds dissects the ontological fabric of reality just to explain tags.

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