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Re:Torvalds: More bitwise tricks by Peaker on Sunday March 04, 2012 @06:49AM (#3662593)
Linus knows exactly what kind of comments it will get.

So either he doesn't care about the comments at all, or he is fishing for these exact pats on the back.

Re:Torvalds: More bitwise tricks by yeswecan on Sunday March 04, 2012 @08:02AM (#3662664)
Or he naively thought the signal to noise ratio would be higher.