One thing that stuck out was the consensus among all parts of the source that Motif sucks :-) I was also surprised by the number of comments along the lines of "This is a Hack for shipping 3.0beta4!!" that were never taken out later. I suppose this kind of cruft accrues in all really big projects.<p>Some funny bits excerpted:<p>ns/lib/libmime/mimehdrs.c # define terry_has_lost_his_mind_and_also_macs_suck 0<p>ns/cmd/macfe/central/medithyper.cp PissOnThisDocument(fHContext);<p>ns/cmd/xfe/dialogs.c #ifdef Motif_doesnt_suck<p>cmd/xfe/editordialogs.c: char* fuck;<p>nspr/src/sco_license.c: SCO has this whacked-out licensing library that's more trouble than<p>That last line was prescient :-)
I personally enjoy browsing google code for "here be dragons"<p><a href="http://www.google.com/codesearch?hl=en&lr=&q=%22Here+be+dragons%22&btnG=Search" rel="nofollow">http://www.google.com/codesearch?hl=en&lr=&q=%22Here...</a>