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		cmroanirgo on Dec 7, 2020 \| parent \| context \| favorite \| on: Linus Torvalds' good taste argument for linked lis... This is why Linus' code shouldn't be copied verbatim and used in the real world. The Kernel is an extremely isolated and contained system. At the very least, the code should add comments on the the assumptions that are vital...otherwise n00bs will copy the code as gospel and run into all sorts of problems.

ggrrhh_ta on Dec 7, 2020 [–]

The actual code in the kernel is well documented (and different, lines 103-149): https://github.com/torvalds/linux/blob/master/include/linux/...

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