Re: Coding style - a non-issue

Kai Henningsen
2001-12-02T09:14:26Z

torvalds@transmeta.com (Linus Torvalds) wrote on 30.11.01 in <Pine.LNX.4.33.0111301907010.1296-100000@penguin.transmeta.com>:

> Have you _ever_ heard of a project that actually started off with trying
> to figure out what it should do, a rigorous design phase, and a
> implementation phase?

Yes.

That one gave rise to _The_Mythical_Man_Month_.

Or in other words, it demonstrated how this was broken enough to create
one of the more important classics in the field.

MfG Kai