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		MacsHeadroom on July 6, 2023 \| parent \| context \| favorite \| on: Open source code with profanity in comments is sta... And this is precisely how language policing slows down technical progress.

BizarreByte on July 7, 2023 [–]

No, this is why you should be a professional. Swearing doesn’t belong in your employers codebase, it’s tasteless, looks bad, and may age very, very poorly.

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