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Linus Torvalds 'sorry' for swearing, blames popularity of Linux itself

Sir Runcible Spoon

Re: Well..

Fixing said bugs or coding in such a way that minimizes the likely hood of them occuring is better than coding around the bugs to allow them to exist.

Whilst adopting a better mental approach is definitely desirable, I believe Linus was suggesting that it is the overall layered approach to the kernel design that would limit the damage that a single bug could do.

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