>Actually, Linus comes off to me as particularly non-techie. He obviously cares about it enough to get the work done but couldn't care about it more than that.
Non tinkerer is not the same as non-techie.
In fact I'd call tinkerers the par-excellence non-techies. They don't do anything technologically productive (much less write their own kernel), they just play with tech toys.
It's important to realize that you are not your code. Linus' reply comes off as passionate but he clearly cares enough to write such a detailed response.
This is the only way you can get Linus to really lose his shit. I'm surprised his comments in this Intel thing approach the level of anger he has for C++. It's my barometer for how important something is to him.
“I’m a good programmer”, I imagine. I wouldn’t disagree :p
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