- 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.
It’s not about whether other people are willing to accept it. It’s about whether I’m willing to generate it. This is the other half of the principle.
But you still used it, no one’s confused about what word you meant. It’s such an odd line to draw IMO.
It’s like the “anal doesn’t count as REAL sex” nonsense, but for cussing lol
Obviously the semi-censored version isn’t the same - otherwise you wouldn’t be talking about it. And the author has told you that it was a stylistic choice to use that different version. That’s enough, isn’t it? And judging by the reactions here, apparently the semi-censored version is even more hard-hitting than the full word!
Swearing is used for emphasis and to invoke a reaction. The attention it has brought here seems to show that it has invoked a reaction and captured people’s attention. Maybe that drawing of attention means it was fit for purpose - or maybe not. In any case, it was the choice of the author to do it like that.
Of course they can do whatever they want, it just looks juvenile.
“I don’t wanna cuss so I self-semi-censor the words” is still just cussing. It’s a weird lie about something that doesn’t matter, just fucking cuss or use a different word if you don’t like cussing.
