[geeks] another linux issue....

Ken Hansen n2vip at yahoo.com
Thu Jan 31 23:46:57 CST 2002


On Thursday, January 31, 2002, at 08:56 PM, Peter L. Wargo wrote:

> On Thu, 31 Jan 2002 dave at cca.org wrote:
>
>> Does Linus refuse to let a kernel debugger be developed?
>> I read that he thinks that using a symbolic debugger makes for a
>> sloppy programmer, and it's a crutch which weakens its user.
>
> It wouldn't surprise me.  When we had him on GeNIE back in the early 
> 90's,
> he was a nice guy.  He's turned into a prick.

Question: "How many hackers does it take to turn a nice Finnish college 
student into a ego-centric prick?"

Answer: 1 Linux user community. ;^)

To be fair, that sort of adulation would have to mess with your 
mind/outlook...

Ken

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