News: 0000820522

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Three new stable kernels

([Kernel] May 14, 2020 13:45 UTC (Thu) (jake))


The [1]5.6.13 , [2]5.4.41 , and [3]4.19.123 stable kernels have been released. They contain important fixes throughout the kernel tree; users should upgrade.



[1] https://lwn.net/Articles/820523/

[2] https://lwn.net/Articles/820524/

[3] https://lwn.net/Articles/820527/

Unobfuscated Perl (#1)

A rogue group of Perl hackers has presented a plan to add a "use
really_goddamn_strict" pragma that would enforce readability and
UNobfuscation. With this pragma in force, the Perl compiler might say:

* Warning: Program contains zero comments. You've probably never seen or
used one before; they begin with a # symbol. Please start using them or
else a representative from the nearest Perl Mongers group will come to
your house and beat you over the head with a cluestick.

* Warning: Program uses a cute trick at line 125 that might make sense in
C. But this isn't C!

* Warning: Code at line 412 indicates that programmer is an idiot. Please
correct error between chair and monitor.

* Warning: While There's More Than One Way To Do It, your method at line
523 is particularly stupid. Please try again.