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Linus be like... (sh.itjust.works)

submitted 1 year ago by [email protected] to c/programmer_humor

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[–] [email protected] 11 points 1 year ago

and it's zero effort to avoid that situation

It usually isn't, though. Going against a standard causes extra work. If it's an existing project that already used that "bad word" then you're proposing a major piece of work to change things around, likely breaking a ton of stuff in the process.