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Rafael Avila de Espindola, one of the top contributors to the LLVM compiler toolset, has cut ties with the open source project over what he perceives as code of conduct hypocrisy and support for ethnic favoritism. In a message posted to the LLVM mailing list, de Espindola said he was leaving immediately and cited changes in the community.
LLVM project founder, Chris Lattner responded; "I applaud Rafael for standing by his personal principles, this must have been a hard decision." Lattner also insisted that "it is critical to the long term health of the project that we preserve an inclusive community."
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(Score: 2) by janrinok on Sunday May 06 2018, @05:51PM
I agree with the point that (I think) you are making. Comments, if necessary, are a vital part of the code and if they are not doing their job, then they should be removed and replaced with comments that are meet the requirements. Rejecting a patch for being poor quality code is normal.
If people want to express their personal views then they can find another outlet for that purpose - expecting me to work on code that is littered with such crap is unrealistic, or you must at least pay me for the extra time it will take to fix it because I am trying to find out what it is doing despite the comments.
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