"Researchers investigated correlations between profanity in source code and code quality, finding a positive statistical association in sampled C repositories."
Strehmel analyzed approximately 3,800 C repositories containing English swearwords and 7,600 comparison repositories, measuring coding-standard adherence with SoftWipe. Repositories containing swearwords scored significantly better on that quality proxy, showing that the relationship between profanity and technical quality is empirically investigable.
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