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Re:MacOS 10.12 Open Source Components by minxomat on Thursday November 24, 2016 @03:17AM (#13028998)
For giggles, here are some comments I grepped from the WinNT kernel: https://gist.github.com/turbo/75f0905275c29a3049f983cfe273ea...
Re:MacOS 10.12 Open Source Components by hashin on Thursday November 24, 2016 @10:02AM (#13030628)
Oh man, this is hilarious!

../tdi/tcpip/tcp/tcpsend.c:// STUPID FUCKING COMPILER generates incorrect code for this.

../fastfat/allocsup.c:// God knows what state we left the disk allocation in.

../dd/histgram/cmd/perfhist/perfhist.c:// the heck? we are gods anyways!

../nthals/halntp/mips/xxinitnt.c:// to the HAL by the NT god. Hail Caesar!

../w32/ntgdi/client/dcquery.c:// if cjotma == 0, this is HONEST to God unicode font, can not convert

../w32/ntgdi/fondrv/tt/ttfd/fontfile.h:// honest to God msft unicode font

../w32/ntgdi/fondrv/tt/ttfd/tt.h:// uint16 reservedPad; // only God knows why

../se/ctlpcqos.c:// Appease the compiler Gods.

../cntfs/create.c:// Here is the "M A R K [REDACTED]" hack from hell.

../afd/disconn.c:// Hack-O-Rama. TDI has a fundamental flaw in that it is often impossible

../afd/disconn.c:// Yet another hack to keep it from crashing

../fastfat/read.c:// Deal with stupid people who open the volume DASD with

../afd/recvdg.c:// Bomb off if the user is trying to do something stupid, like

Re:MacOS 10.12 Open Source Components by Gruselbauer on Thursday November 24, 2016 @06:30AM (#13029778)
These are hilarious, thanks.

> to the HAL by the NT god. Hail Caesar!

Re:MacOS 10.12 Open Source Components by SSLy on Thursday November 24, 2016 @04:02AM (#13029165)
where did you get the source to grep through?
Re:MacOS 10.12 Open Source Components by minxomat on Thursday November 24, 2016 @04:06AM (#13029179)
Just look a few comments below.
Re:MacOS 10.12 Open Source Components by fidz on Thursday November 24, 2016 @06:43PM (#13033504)
The kernel was open sourced?