On Sun, Jun 16, 2013 at 08:09:03AM -1000, Linus Torvalds wrote: > On Sun, Jun 16, 2013 at 2:37 AM, Martin Steigerwald <mar...@lichtvoll.de> > wrote: > > > > Do you really think your cursing controls how other people behave? > > Yes. In three ways: > > - I have magic mind-powers, and cursing releases them, and makes > kernel developers behave better. I'm not very strong in my > mind-powers, so only weak-willed individuals are noticeably affected - > and we really don't have a lot of those - but hey, every little bit > helps. > > - It turns off small-minded people who care more about tone than > substance, and means that I can get rid of the whiners. > > - it is a signal for people who have some sense that I'm getting > irritated, and reminds them about how I pay them the big bucks and > makes them behave. >
Another reason: The threat of being cursed at makes people more careful, and thus helps keeping the Linux kernel clean and working. The best method to screw up a code base is to be politically correct with those breaking it. Keep doing it, and never give in to demands for political correctness. Guenter -- To unsubscribe from this list: send the line "unsubscribe linux-kernel" in the body of a message to majord...@vger.kernel.org More majordomo info at http://vger.kernel.org/majordomo-info.html Please read the FAQ at http://www.tux.org/lkml/
