MS-DOG

Posted Aug 5, 2016 17:47 UTC (Fri) by JoeBuck (subscriber, #2330)
Parent article: The GNU C Library version 2.24 is now available

There used to be many more references to MS-DOG in GNU documentation because RMS thought it was funny, and I remember years ago that he objected to efforts to clean them up. Perhaps he is mellowing in his old age, or paying less attention.

MS-DOG

Posted Aug 5, 2016 18:23 UTC (Fri) by excors (subscriber, #95769) [Link] (4 responses)

From the bug report, it sounds like he wasn't the only one who appreciated that kind of sophisticated humour.

I still see one reference to "M$" in localedata/charmaps/CP10007, and a couple of "Winblowz" in the ChangeLogs, but it appears most developers nowadays are a bit more grown-up.

MS-DOG

Posted Aug 6, 2016 1:33 UTC (Sat) by welinder (guest, #4699) [Link] (2 responses)

> it appears most developers nowadays are a bit more grown-up.

That, or the fact that the number of people who remember MS-DOS is approaching zero rapidly. One of the two.

MS-DOG

Posted Aug 6, 2016 21:03 UTC (Sat) by clugstj (subscriber, #4020) [Link] (1 responses)

"the number of people who remember MS-DOS is approaching zero rapidly"

Well, I hope not as that would mean that I'll be dying soon (or at least losing my mind).

MS-DOG

Posted Aug 9, 2016 2:29 UTC (Tue) by k8to (guest, #15413) [Link]

The surgery is not in the least painful. At least as far as you'll remember.

MS-DOG

Posted Aug 9, 2016 16:50 UTC (Tue) by vapier (guest, #15768) [Link]

both should be fixed now in the latest git repo. feel free to highlight any others.