From: "John Anthony Kazos Jr." <jkazos@vt.edu>
To: linux-kernel@vger.kernel.org
Subject: Re: [2.5] [Cool stuff] "checking" mode for kernel builds
Date: Mon, 26 May 2003 20:25:31 -0400 [thread overview]
Message-ID: <5.2.1.1.0.20030526202315.00a28990@pop.vt.edu> (raw)
In-Reply-To: <3ED2AEA9.1000401@gmx.net>
> > +# Linus's kernel sanity checking tool
>
>IIRC my english lessons it should be
>+# Linus' kernel sanity checking tool
It's just like if you want to quote a command like "chroot," which is
confusing and nasty and ugly, whereas using "chroot", while not really
correct, is The Right Thing To Do. We computer scientists have our own,
*more precise* form(s) of our language(s). ^_^
next prev parent reply other threads:[~2003-05-27 0:11 UTC|newest]
Thread overview: 13+ messages / expand[flat|nested] mbox.gz Atom feed top
2003-05-27 0:17 Carl-Daniel Hailfinger
2003-05-27 0:25 ` John Anthony Kazos Jr. [this message]
2003-05-27 0:36 ` Linus Torvalds
2003-05-27 1:24 ` Carl-Daniel Hailfinger
2003-05-26 13:17 ` dan carpenter
2003-05-27 1:58 ` Miles Bader
2003-05-27 3:02 ` Aaron Lehmann
2003-05-27 3:23 ` Linus Torvalds
2003-05-27 4:47 ` Aaron Lehmann
2003-05-27 5:07 ` Linus Torvalds
2003-05-27 9:16 ` Ryan Anderson
2003-05-27 14:44 ` Linus Torvalds
2003-05-27 11:03 ` dep
Reply instructions:
You may reply publicly to this message via plain-text email
using any one of the following methods:
* Save the following mbox file, import it into your mail client,
and reply-to-all from there: mbox
Avoid top-posting and favor interleaved quoting:
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Posting_style#Interleaved_style
* Reply using the --to, --cc, and --in-reply-to
switches of git-send-email(1):
git send-email \
--in-reply-to=5.2.1.1.0.20030526202315.00a28990@pop.vt.edu \
--to=jkazos@vt.edu \
--cc=linux-kernel@vger.kernel.org \
/path/to/YOUR_REPLY
https://kernel.org/pub/software/scm/git/docs/git-send-email.html
* If your mail client supports setting the In-Reply-To header
via mailto: links, try the mailto: link
Be sure your reply has a Subject: header at the top and a blank line
before the message body.
This is a public inbox, see mirroring instructions
for how to clone and mirror all data and code used for this inbox
all inboxes | Powered by JetHome®