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Here is a good starting point to research the critique of this document: https://bugs.ruby-lang.org/issues/12004#note-6 https://bugs.ruby-lang.org/issues/12004#

by orivej 8y ago

Here is a good starting point to research the critique of this document: https://bugs.ruby-lang.org/issues/12004#note-6 https://bugs.ruby-lang.org/issues/12004#note-6 . Its point is particularly apt: > Given a choice between only two extremes, I'd far rather have Linus Torvalds telling me I'm an idiot and my code is shit, then exist in an offense taking culture where various forms of criticism are re-branded as "harassment." However, the Linux copy has cut one of the more malicious paragraphs: https://git.kernel.org/pub/scm/linux/kernel/git/torvalds/linux.git/commit/?id=c1d1ba844f01e747aa0272a4ee5c886024cd90eb https://git.kernel.org/pub/scm/linux/kernel/git/torvalds/lin...

0xfeeddeadbeef 8y ago
I would like to extend this point: "I'd rather have Linus Torvalds telling me I'm an idiot and my code is shit, than ... releasing kernel with my shitty code and EVERYONE thinking that I'm an idiot".
- TeMPOraL 8y ago
  > ... releasing kernel with my shitty code and EVERYONE thinking that I'm an idiot Or, "releasing kernel with my shitty code and ruining the day for a lot of people."
- elcomet 8y ago
  But this is a false dichotomy. They could just refuse your code without calling you an idiot.
  - SmellyGeekBoy 8y ago
    Of course there exist examples of Linus calling or even implying that individual people / organisations are "idiots" and they are wrong (and he has acknowledged this). But in the vast majority of cases the criticism is aimed at the code itself and I genuinely don't see the issue with this.
    - elcomet 8y ago
      Neither do I