Re: [PATCH 00/30] C/R OpenVZ/Virtuozzo style [LWN.net]

From:		Linus Torvalds <torvalds-de/tnXTf+JLsfHDXvbKv3WD2FQJk+8+b-AT-public.gmane.org>
To:		Alexey Dobriyan <adobriyan-Re5JQEeQqe8AvxtiuMwx3w-AT-public.gmane.org>
Subject:		Re: [PATCH 00/30] C/R OpenVZ/Virtuozzo style
Date:		Tue, 14 Apr 2009 10:09:27 -0700 (PDT)
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On Tue, 14 Apr 2009, Alexey Dobriyan wrote:
> > 
> > We're not merging OpenVZ code _either_.
> 
> This is to give example of other prefixes: cpt_ and rst_
> Are they fine?

Do you secretly work for IBM?

IBM has a well-known disdain for vowels, and basically refuses to use them 
for mnemonics (they were called on this, and did "eieio" as an instruction 
just to try to make up for it).

But I'm from Finland. In Finnish, about 75% of all letters are vowels. I 
find this dis-emvoweling to be stupid and impractical. Without vowels, you 
can't tell Finnish words apart (admittedly, _with_ vowels, you generally 
cannot pronounce them, so to a non-Finn it doesn't much matter).

My point is, let's go for a happy medium - LEAVE THE F*CKING VOWELS IN 
PLACE ALREADY.

So let's call it "checkpoint" and "restore". Ok?

		Linus

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Re: [PATCH 00/30] C/R OpenVZ/Virtuozzo style

Posted Apr 16, 2009 5:33 UTC (Thu) by midg3t (subscriber, #30998) [Link]

I was wondering what the "captain" and "reset" prefixes were for. Makes more sense now.

Re: [PATCH 00/30] C/R OpenVZ/Virtuozzo style

Posted Apr 16, 2009 15:43 UTC (Thu) by Tara_Li (subscriber, #26706) [Link]

That's because pretty much any vowel you use there will work quite nicely...

Anyone remember Meet The Fockers (and what does Mrs. Focker do??? *LAUGHS* Gotta love sex ed for the elderly!)

vowel substitution

Posted Apr 17, 2009 0:19 UTC (Fri) by xoddam (subscriber, #2322) [Link]

Given that this is lkml, I'd have expected him to use 'S' rather than '*'.