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Re: When putting a smiley right before a closing parenthesis, do you:

by ambrus (Abbot)
on Mar 19, 2015 at 12:58 UTC ( [id://1120576]=note: print w/replies, xml ) Need Help??


in reply to When putting a smiley right before a closing parenthesis, do you:

This problem is already solved by a very famous quote from Linus Torvalds:

(Only wimps use tape backup: _real_ men just upload their important stuff on ftp, and let the rest of the world mirror it ;)

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Re^2: When putting a smiley right before a closing parenthesis, do you:
by chacham (Prior) on Mar 19, 2015 at 13:26 UTC

    That might have more to do with him wanting to make the quote tweetable, as it is exactly 140 characters (or at least SMS-able for the following decade):

    (Only wimps use tape backup: _real_ men just upload their important stuff on ftp, and let the rest of the world mirror it ;) -Linus Torvalds

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