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Re:"Asswipe," replied Yahoo's server. That's when I knew I h... by Intermernet on Thursday April 18, 2013 @09:27AM (#5570435)
Yeah, but then again I love occasionally coming across the rant of some angry dev in source comments (see http://www.vidarholen.net/contents/wordcount/ for an analysis of profanity in the linux kernel source).

Compare that with the source of Win2k (http://www.kuro5hin.org/story/2004/2/15/71552/7795) where there were apparently "a dozen or so "fucks" and "shits", and hundreds of "craps"."

It seems greater stability is achieved when devs are allowed to express themselves in comments.

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Re:"Asswipe," replied Yahoo's server. That's when I knew I h... by ryalfalpha on Thursday April 18, 2013 @09:50AM (#5570557)
Oh yes, in source & commits it's fair game! I'm talking more about editorial content that might have been outsourced. E.g. how-to articles for a company product or articles written in-house that are localised by an external vendor. These things need to be quite clean!
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