OT: Windows profanity - test-drb@ccmp.vtda.org

18 Mar 2004

Actually this analysis was performed recently but for the life of me I can't
remember where I saw it. I think I read the "curses histogram" on Slashdot
but a quick search didn't produce any links. As I remember, "bugbug" was
one
of the top items, along with the "f-word".

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[mailto:cctalk-bounces@classiccmp.org]On Behalf Of Fred N. van Kempen
Sent: Thursday, March 18, 2004 10:22 AM
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Subject: Re: OT: Windows profanity

On Thu, 18 Mar 2004, Doc Shipley wrote:

...
     Just as a comparative data point - when Australia
passed its blue
 laws, there were some concerns as to whether the Linux source would
 pass scrutiny.  The "F Word" appears very frequently in the comments.
Yeah, I remember most of my code told tales of evil hardware
bugs in the comments... :)

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