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Re:Linus Torvalds on semaphores (1999) by andrewstuart2 on Wednesday December 17, 2014 @08:21AM (#8762179)
Dijkstra was Dutch and lived in the Netherlands, where drug policies are either nonexistent or loosely enforced. So perhaps it's less offensive than it seems on the surface.
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Re:Linus Torvalds on semaphores (1999) by AnimalMuppet on Wednesday December 17, 2014 @12:58PM (#8763353)
And Linus, who grew up much closer to the Netherlands than many of us, was probably aware of that. (I had forgotten it until you pointed it out.)
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Re:Linus Torvalds on semaphores (1999) by xxs on Wednesday December 17, 2014 @01:56PM (#8763651)
Actually, Linus is from Helsinki that's not exactly close to The Netherlands. There is no intrinsic connection between Finland and The Netherlands. Although the drug laws are still famous all over.
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Re:Linus Torvalds on semaphores (1999) by AnimalMuppet on Wednesday December 17, 2014 @03:15PM (#8764068)
Much closer than the US is...
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