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A comment on Linus on Line Breaks (2020). Parent comment

Re:Linus on Line Breaks (2020) by kortilla on Sunday November 28, 2021 @03:03PM (#29372379)
So it’s almost as if the “ancient” qualifier was useless.
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Re:Linus on Line Breaks (2020) by cortesoft on Sunday November 28, 2021 @03:14PM (#29372495)
Well it was clearly meant to imply that the reason we are using it is merely tradition, and that there was a reason a long time ago that no longer applies.
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Re:Linus on Line Breaks (2020) by coldtea on Sunday November 28, 2021 @03:37PM (#29372741)
It was intended to mean "relavent in old times".
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