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Occurences of swearing in the Linux kernel source code over time
How many times are words, names or functions found in the Linux kernel source code? Browse an example or write your own comma-separated list to find out! You can use * for wildcards, foo|bar for sums, and a word is defined as \<[[:alnum:]_]+\> (ignoring case, considering accents).
- Points
- 178
- HN comments
- 302
- Submissions
- 3
- Cited by
- 18 commenters
History & Retro ComputingSoftware Engineering2025
On Hacker News
| Submitted | Title on HN | Points | Comments |
|---|---|---|---|
| Jun 14, 2025 | Occurences of swearing in the Linux kernel source code over time by microsoftedging | 178 | 264 |
| Sep 1, 2013 | Linux kernel swear counts by crashoverdrive | 65 | 25 |
| Sep 29, 2009 | Linux kernel swear counts per version by jacquesm | 55 | 13 |
Cited in comments
Linked from 18 Hacker News comments by 18 different people, from Jan 2009 to Nov 2025.
Most recent:
- 8organicbits · Nov 13, 2025
- egypturnash · Jun 17, 2025
- Denvercoder9 · Jun 16, 2025
- bArray · Jun 16, 2025
- d3m0t3p · Jun 16, 2025
