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Linux is a family of open source Unix-like operating systems based on the Linux kernel, an operating system kernel first released on September 17, 1991 by Linus Torvalds. Linux is typically packaged in a Linux distribution (or distro for short).

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Linus Torvalds Injects Tabs To Thwart Kconfig Parsers Not Correctly Handling Them (www.phoronix.com)

submitted 7 months ago by AnActOfCreation@programming.dev to c/linux@lemmy.ml

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Linus Torvalds added hidden tabs to Kconfig to challenge parsers that can't handle them.
Tabs were intentionally added to the common Kconfig file for page sizes to expose faulty parsers.
Torvalds believes parsers unable to handle tabs shouldn't be parsing kernel Kconfig files, aiming to force fixes.

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[–] TCB13@lemmy.world 279 points 7 months ago* (last edited 7 months ago) (37 children)

"if you can't parse tabs as whitespace, you should not be parsing the kernel Kconfig files." ~ Linus Torvalds

This is what we got after people sent him into PC training. The OG Linus would say something like "if you're a piece of s* that can't get over your a** to parse tabs as whitespace you should be ashamed to walk on this planet let alone parsing the kernel Kconfig files. What a f* waste of space."

[–] fartsparkles@sh.itjust.works 233 points 7 months ago (12 children)

And honestly, I find his phrasing today far more damming with its conciseness. It screams leadership.

[–] OtisRamflow@lemm.ee 140 points 7 months ago (3 children)

Thanks for your insight, fartsparkles.

[–] dohpaz42@lemmy.world 27 points 7 months ago (2 children)

Please make fartsparkles the new rimjobsteve. Pretty please?

[–] fartsparkles@sh.itjust.works 17 points 7 months ago (1 children)

Spreading kindness to strangers, treating people with respect, and being a force for good on the internet is something everyone should aspire to.

Also I ate way too much glitter than usual this one time and I’ve never been able to live it down. Embrace, extend, shine.

[–] bigmclargehuge@lemmy.world 11 points 7 months ago (1 children)

than usual?

[–] fartsparkles@sh.itjust.works 7 points 7 months ago

I mean, it wasn’t an unhealthy amount!

[–] Vilian@lemmy.ca 3 points 7 months ago

[–] fiercekitten@lemm.ee 7 points 7 months ago (1 children)

I need more fartsparkles in my life.

[–] Iapar@feddit.de 3 points 7 months ago

We all do.

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