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[–] 7uWqKj@lemmy.world 3 points 9 months ago (1 children)

Might happen to someone juggling different programming languages all day. Tells a lot about his skill level of course, but we’ve all been beginners. I’m more concerned about the apparent lack of unit tests.

[–] TheTechnician27@lemmy.world 9 points 9 months ago* (last edited 9 months ago) (1 children)

I can say with confidence that I have not – ever in my life – attempted to not just contribute to but be the primary maintainer of such a complex, low-level, crucial piece of software when I was that much of a beginner. And their GitHub bio reads "Old Linux hacker and kernel maintainer. Xorg developer, Xlibre founder/maintainer".

Keep in mind here that "Xorg developer" means "came in, pushed dozens of shoddy patches that are now being reevaluated for how fucking trash they were, acted like a petulant little bitch when confronted about my lack of quality, and turned it into a conspiracy theory". They do not get the benefit of the doubt. They are a moron who doesn't know the basics of C.

[–] 7uWqKj@lemmy.world 4 points 9 months ago

In that case, yes, not knowing what ^ does in C is fucking embarrassing.