snaggen@programming.dev to Programming@programming.devEnglish · 1 year agoLinus Torvalds Takes On A Performance Patch: "I Relax By Playing With Inline Assembly"www.phoronix.comexternal-linkmessage-square3fedilinkarrow-up12arrow-down10file-text
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minus-squareSpike@discuss.tchncs.delinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up0·1 year agoAs usual his code might be a great thing, but his pretentious attitude is still shit. “Ah yes look at me I have written, oh my dare I say, some ASSEMBLY honhonhonhonhonhon” That this is a big thing seems wild to me. Assembly isn’t such a big thing, some devs use it daily (Hello to my embedded devs out there) so why is this worthy a news article?
minus-squareDeathcrow@lemmy.mllinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up1·edit-21 year agothe dude wrote a kernel, I very much doubt he needs to brag about his ability to write assembly.
As usual his code might be a great thing, but his pretentious attitude is still shit.
“Ah yes look at me I have written, oh my dare I say, some ASSEMBLY honhonhonhonhonhon”
That this is a big thing seems wild to me.
Assembly isn’t such a big thing, some devs use it daily (Hello to my embedded devs out there) so why is this worthy a news article?
the dude wrote a kernel, I very much doubt he needs to brag about his ability to write assembly.