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Re:Occurences of swearing in the Linux kernel source code ov... by BeetleB on Monday June 16, 2025 @02:20PM (#44292031)
> But I find interesting about corporations forbidding swearwords in code.

How common is this? I work in a big corporation and we have no such policy.

When we contribute to open source, there's a good chance they'll make us remove any. Internal code, though? Up to each team to decide.

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Re:Occurences of swearing in the Linux kernel source code ov... by tayo42 on Monday June 16, 2025 @04:09PM (#44292971)
We're not even allowed to say master branch or blacklist in corporations anymore lol
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Re:Occurences of swearing in the Linux kernel source code ov... by BeetleB on Monday June 16, 2025 @05:34PM (#44293613)
Nor are we, but those are not curse words.
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