Andrew Vos examined GitHub commit messages for profanity and compared occurrences across programming languages.

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Location PART 3 - THE THIRD AXIS CHAPTER 15: DEPLOY NOW, PRAY LATER “Fuck it. Let’s Release”

"Andrew Vos examined GitHub commit messages for profanity and compared occurrences across programming languages."

Gilbertson's contemporary report describes Andrew Vos's 2011 analysis of profanity in GitHub commit messages. The investigation provides evidence of the informal and sometimes frustrated language developers leave in software project histories.

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Source title Cussing in Commits: Which Programming Language Inspires the Most Swearing?

Source authors Scott Gilbertson

Source year 2011

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