It wasn't exactly well defined in the parent post, but I assumed that he was talking about Linus' rude and condescending way of expressing himself as a privilege.
> He's stated that GCC 4.9.0 is doing some "seriously crazy shit" as a response to a bug report on the Linux kernel mailing list.
> He at no point has insulted the GCC developers, the submitter of the bug, or anyone else who regularly reads the LKML.
I'm not sure how his remarks about GCC can not be insulting to its developers, but each to their own. It's hard to deny the condescending tone of lacing your rant with things like "Lookie here," though.
> I'm not sure why you see defending the Linux kernel code against a problem in GCC 4.9.0 (with exact examples of why GCC is breaking the standards) is exercising any privileges, other than those granted by being the creator of Linux.
Unsurprisingly, he goes on to explain the problem matter-of-factly in a way that I'm sure would have gotten his otherwise completely valid point across on its own, but I'm not sure how his disparaging tone and language contributes to this defense.
> I personally think that Linux, Git and recently, Subsurface definitely justify his behaviour here.
I'm not sure how any of those things could possibly justify his tone and language, so I'm going to assume that we aren't talking about the same thing here.
> If you want to argue with him, send him an email. He'll be glad to reply.
I have no interest in arguing with him.
> Otherwise, don't complain about his behaviour on HN. It's the internet equivalent of talking about people behind their back.
I'm not complaining. If you care to read my initial post in this branch again you will notice that I am simply saying that his accomplishments don't justify his manner of speaking. I'm willing to admit that there could be some other factor that does, but I simply can't see the justifiable connection between engineering something like Linux or git and treating people badly, and this is not a criticism towards him as much as it is of the idea that his accomplishments somehow justify this behavior.
Besides, you are talking behind his back as much as I am, which isn't a great concern to me because he is a person of great public interest, posting these things in a public mailing list.
It wasn't exactly well defined in the parent post, but I assumed that he was talking about Linus' rude and condescending way of expressing himself as a privilege.
> He's stated that GCC 4.9.0 is doing some "seriously crazy shit" as a response to a bug report on the Linux kernel mailing list.
> He at no point has insulted the GCC developers, the submitter of the bug, or anyone else who regularly reads the LKML.
I'm not sure how his remarks about GCC can not be insulting to its developers, but each to their own. It's hard to deny the condescending tone of lacing your rant with things like "Lookie here," though.
> I'm not sure why you see defending the Linux kernel code against a problem in GCC 4.9.0 (with exact examples of why GCC is breaking the standards) is exercising any privileges, other than those granted by being the creator of Linux.
Unsurprisingly, he goes on to explain the problem matter-of-factly in a way that I'm sure would have gotten his otherwise completely valid point across on its own, but I'm not sure how his disparaging tone and language contributes to this defense.
> I personally think that Linux, Git and recently, Subsurface definitely justify his behaviour here.
I'm not sure how any of those things could possibly justify his tone and language, so I'm going to assume that we aren't talking about the same thing here.
> If you want to argue with him, send him an email. He'll be glad to reply.
I have no interest in arguing with him.
> Otherwise, don't complain about his behaviour on HN. It's the internet equivalent of talking about people behind their back.
I'm not complaining. If you care to read my initial post in this branch again you will notice that I am simply saying that his accomplishments don't justify his manner of speaking. I'm willing to admit that there could be some other factor that does, but I simply can't see the justifiable connection between engineering something like Linux or git and treating people badly, and this is not a criticism towards him as much as it is of the idea that his accomplishments somehow justify this behavior.
Besides, you are talking behind his back as much as I am, which isn't a great concern to me because he is a person of great public interest, posting these things in a public mailing list.