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Linus Says No to 'Specs'

Posted by ScuttleMonkey on from the hypothetically-speaking dept.

auckland map writes to tell us about an interesting debate that is being featured on KernelTrap. Linus Torvalds raised a few eyebrows (and furrowed even more in confusion) by saying "A 'spec' is close to useless. I have _never_ seen a spec that was both big enough to be useful _and_ accurate. And I have seen _lots_ of total crap work that was based on specs. It's _the_ single worst way to write software, because it by definition means that the software was written to match theory, not reality."

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  1. He would say that... by Anonymous Coward · · Score: -1, Offtopic

    ...considering that LINUX SUCKS
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  2. Re:Linus Taken to Task by Anonymous Coward · · Score: -1, Offtopic

    Mmm... Useful breasts...