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  • TheFaQQer
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    Originally posted by Zippy View Post
    Code:
    #include <stdio.h>
    
    int main()
    {
        printf("Goodbye World\n");
        return 0;
    }
    FTFY

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  • Pondlife
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    Originally posted by Doggy Styles View Post
    I still program whole enterprise systems in hex machine code on my unix command line.

    In fact I use CUK by editing the raw data stream in vi.

    All that new fangled fluffy windows OO visual rubbish is for poofs.
    I don't even see the code. All I see is blonde, brunette, red-head.

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  • Doggy Styles
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    I still program whole enterprise systems in hex machine code on my unix command line.

    In fact I use CUK by editing the raw data stream in vi.

    All that new fangled fluffy windows OO visual rubbish is for poofs.

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  • Churchill
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    Originally posted by aussielong View Post
    That book was all I had on my first programming job. No internet access. Dumb terminal hacking C in vi for a year. Did my eyes right in that did. Had to wear glasses after that.
    WHS

    Microsoft Xenix on a Z8000 then SCO Xenix on an 8088 followed by System V/386!

    Those were the days!

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  • doodab
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    Originally posted by aussielong View Post
    That book was all I had on my first programming job. No internet access. Dumb terminal hacking C in vi for a year. Did my eyes right in that did. Had to wear glasses after that.
    I was lucky enough to have a HP X terminal with CDE. I still use vi nearly every day, even on windows.

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  • sbakoola
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    I will give a 'Benny Hill' salute when Bjarne Stroustrup dies. 'Creator' of C++.

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  • aussielong
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    Originally posted by sasguru View Post
    Probably the best programming text ever written, in any language, for any language.
    That book was all I had on my first programming job. No internet access. Dumb terminal hacking C in vi for a year. Did my eyes right in that did. Had to wear glasses after that.

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  • sasguru
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    Originally posted by k2p2 View Post
    Still got my trusty copy of Kernighan and Ritchie.
    Probably the best programming text ever written, in any language, for any language.

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  • mudskipper
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    Still got my trusty copy of Kernighan and Ritchie.

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  • Zippy
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    Originally posted by Churchill View Post
    What about argc, argv and envp?
    pedant!

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  • petergriffin
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    Originally posted by doodab View Post

    He made the front page of the bbc website. I wonder what proportion of people know what Unix is.
    I guess this is also the end of Plan 9?

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  • doodab
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    BBC News - Unix creator Dennis Ritchie dies aged 70

    He made the front page of the bbc website. I wonder what proportion of people know who he is.

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  • PAH
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    I initially thought it said Denise Richards, and wondered if she'd overdosed on Charlie.

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  • Churchill
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    Originally posted by Zippy View Post
    Code:
    #include <stdio.h>
    
    int main()
    {
        printf("RIP Dennis\n");
        return 0;
    }
    What about argc, argv and envp?

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  • Zippy
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    Code:
    #include <stdio.h>
    
    int main()
    {
        printf("RIP Dennis\n");
        return 0;
    }

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