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Quote: That Patch Fell Out Of The Ugly Tree

January 21, 2008 - 8:51pm
Submitted by Jeremy on January 21, 2008 - 8:51pm.

"I bow down before you. I thought I had done some rather horrible things with gcc built-ins and macros, but I hereby hand over my crown to you. As my daughter would say: that patch fell out of the ugly tree, and hit every branch on the way down. Very impressive."

— Linus Torvalds, in a January 21st, 2008 message on the Linux Kernel mailing list.

ouch

January 23, 2008 - 10:58am
Trevor (not verified)

cutting insult there! can't wait for the chance to use it ;-)

In Soviet cartoon about

February 13, 2008 - 2:45am

In Soviet cartoon about Winnie-the-Pooh you would see the exact scene of said falling.

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ZY4A-RuuXlE
Start from about 02:30..02:40 and go up to 03:15.

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