Re: marking mystery code

)Gary says
)[FSF code has mystery code, just like dusty Fortran decks in 1976]


Robert Dewar <dewar@cs.nyu.edu> wrote:
)Gary, are you speaking from personal experiences with the FSF sources,
)which many people have found easy to work with, or are you borrowing
)second or third hand comments without this personal experience?


Mike McCarty <jmccarty@spdmail.spd.dsccc.com> wrote:
>I can speak from personal experience working with the FSF code. It is
>generally bloated, difficult (read: impossible) to read, uncommented,
>and much of it is totally unmaintainable.


I have over 7 years of experience with all manner of GNU code... but
mostly the compilers.


I'm afraid that I have to agree with Mr. McCarty.
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