From: jwl@sedist.cray.com (Jim Lynch) Subject: Re: selecting irq's Date: 15 Jul 1992 14:08:51 CDT
In article <blake.37.711222065@nevada.edu>, blake@nevada.edu (Rawlin Blake) writes:
|> In article <1992Jul12.200240.8864@klaava.Helsinki.FI>
|> torvalds@klaava.Helsinki.FI (Linus Benedict Torvalds) writes:
|>
|>
|> > Of course, I have used the
|> >"Linus' Extended Testing System" (pat.pend.) on all this, so it's
|> >(almost) guaranteed to work (*).
|>
|> > Linus
|>
|> >(*) "Linus' Extended ...", (ie LETS) is a revolutionary concept: you
|> >write the code, pray to God it works, and if God doesn't contradict you,
|> >you release it as an "Official Patch" (tm) after which you pray none of
|> >the beta-testers contradict you either. It doesn't always work, but it
|> >sure cuts down on the time needed for testing. (**)
|>
|> >(**) No, I'm not totally serious. Ha Ha. I've just been on the lines
|> >too much. I'm much better now. Really.
|>
|> I hate to burst your bubble Linus, but Bill Gates of Microsloth already has
|> the patent on this method of testing. :-) :-) :-)
In internal document MS.1.2123f, Gates officially deleted the beta-testing
step however.... 8^) 8^)
|>
|> ---
|> Rawlin Blake blake@nevada.edu
|>
|> No news is bad newsreader :-)