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OpenJDK Bug Report Complains Source Code 'Has Too Many Swear Words' (java.net)

Posted by EditorDavid on from the professionalism dept.

Thursday a bug report complained that the source code for OpenJDK, the free and open-source implementation of Java, "has too many swear words." An anonymous reader writes: "There are many instances of swear words inside OpenJDK jdk/jdk source, scattered all over the place," reads the bug report. "As OpenJDK is used in a professional context, it seems inappropriate to leave these 12 instances in there, so here's a changeset to remove them."
IBM software developer (and OpenJDK team member and contributor) Adam Farley responded that "after discussion with the community, three determinations were reached":
  • "Damn" and "Crap" are not swear words.
  • Three of the four f-bombs are located in jszip.js, which should be corrected upstream (will follow up).
  • The f-bomb in BitArray.java, as well as the rude typo in SoftChannel.java, *are* swear words and should be removed to resolve this work item.

He promised a new webrev would be uploaded to reflect these determinations, and the bug has been marked as "resolved."


5 of 281 comments (clear)

  1. Re:Well, for an expansive definition of "bug" by gweihir · · Score: 0, Troll

    Naa, the SJW scum think form is much, much more important than function. Pretty much the definition of fundamental incompetence in any tech field.

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    Most ACs are not even worth the keystrokes to insult them. Be generically insulted by this and ignored otherwise.
  2. Re: Well, for an expansive definition of "bug" by Aboroth · · Score: -1, Troll

    Ah yes, when I think of who would be most likely to be offended by swear words, my mind also totally ignores the possibility of religious people. Intense hatred of SJWs that borders on unhealthy obsession is fun!

  3. Re:Yeah ... by coastwalker · · Score: -1, Troll

    The "outraged" need to fuck off and die because they are actually excluding the possibility of consensus from the public forum. Authoritarianism fails as the Soviet Union proved and as Putin will discover in the long run. The "outraged" are no less authoritarian than any other dictator.

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    Facts are history now plebs have politics for religion on social media.
  4. Re:Well, for an expansive definition of "bug" by NicknameUnavailable · · Score: 0, Troll

    I'd think that maybe they could devote their debugging efforts to more annoying bugs...

    Or you know, just stop making Java, it's well beyond the point of being shit at this point. But I guess that's how it works, something gets associated with being shit, has words describing it as shit, then seeks to outlaw the words describing it rather than change itself.

  5. Re: Well, for an expansive definition of "bug" by djinn6 · · Score: -1, Troll

    It's entirely possible to dislike both SJWs and conservative Christians. Both are brainwashed by their religion.