Alex P. 👹Jun 13, 2024

modern programming is like,

"if you're using bongo.rs to parse http headers, you will need to also install bepis to get buffered read support. but please note that bepis switched to using sasquatch for parallel tokenization as of version 0.0.67, so you will need the bongo-sasquatch extension crate as well."

old-time programming is like,

"i made a typo in this function in 1993. theo de raadt got so angry he punched a wall when he saw it. for ABI compatibility reasons, we shan't fix the typo."

Show thread[object Object]Jun 13, 2024
@saddestrobots just call it creat, nobody’s gonna use it outside of bell labs anyway
Show thread[object Object]Jun 13, 2024

@saddestrobots tired: they called it creat because of a linker limitation

wired: they called it creat so the syscall definitions would line up in a source listing and instantly regretted it when the Berkeley kids started mocking them

inspired: they called it creat because it creats files

Show threadAndresJun 14, 2024
@zzt @saddestrobots Two 'e's in a single word? In THIS economy??
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@Andres4NY @zzt @saddestrobots linker error: duplicated tokens in definition:
`create`
` ^ ^`

If only markdown worked so I could point to both Es 

Jun 14, 2024 at 10:04amWeb