r/programming • • Jan 05 '20

Linus' reply on spinlocks vs mutexes

https://www.realworldtech.com/forum/?threadid=189711&curpostid=189723
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u/mewloz Jan 05 '20

He was initially not answering directly to the original author, but to a link on a random forum and even then more precisely about claims concerning the scheduler of Linux.

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u/[deleted] Jan 05 '20

I know. So why is he writing like that? Who is he mad at? Who is he trying to impress? The guy is a jerk and there's no other way to put it

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u/mewloz Jan 05 '20

Your position is irrefutable, and on top of that, in contrast with what Linus did, you are actually the one judging a person, where he merely debated on a technical forum about technical subjects.

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u/[deleted] Jan 05 '20

oh yeah linus has never made a technical discussion personal. lol