"Zack Weinberg" <z...@owlfolio.org> writes: > On Mon, Jan 13, 2025, at 4:52 AM, Harmen Stoppels via Patches for autoconf - > the GNU build system wrote: >> The shell comment `# Blame Lee E. McMahon (1931-1989) for sed's >> syntax. :-)` is redistributed in all release tarballs of all autotools >> packages since 2001. > > Lee Edward McMahon was the original author of the `sed` utility. > > I don't have a strong opinion here but it actually seems like a humorous > tribute to me and worth preserving.
I'm generally in favour of keeping little quirks like this rather than losing all personality.
