Thursday a bug report complained that the source code for OpenJDK, the free and open-source implementation of Java, “has too many swear words.” An anonymous reader writes:
“There are many instances of swear words inside OpenJDK jdk/jdk source, scattered all over the place,” reads the bug report. “As OpenJDK is used in a professional context, it seems inappropriate to leave these 12 instances in there, so here’s a changeset to remove them.”
IBM software developer (and OpenJDK team member and contributor) Adam Farley responded that “after discussion with the community, three determinations were reached”:
“Damn” and “Crap” are not swear words. Three of the four f-bombs are located in jszip.js, which should be corrected upstream (will follow up). The f-bomb in BitArray.java, as well as the rude typo in SoftChannel.java, *are* swear words and should be removed to resolve this work item.
He promised a new webrev would be uploaded to reflect these determinations, and the bug has been marked as “resolved.”
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