Lauren WeinsteinI used to hang around the Bell Labs Murray Hill 1127 lab -- where UNIX originated -- sometimes when I was in the area. A fond memory is sitting at a terminal in there (probably a Blit) working on a program back on my L.A. system over the Net. I ran into a complicated C declaration issue. Sitting a few feet away at the next terminal was Dennis Ritchie (dmr) -- a wonderful guy. Well hell, since he created C, who better to ask about this. So I did, and he instantly offered me an elegant solution I would never have thought of. Years later, it occurred to me that this was the closest I'd ever be to getting advice directly from a god.
Oblomov@oblomov Some horrific function pointer mess. I don't recall the details ...
mahadevank@lauren @oblomov i miss function pointers and i miss C, having been drawn into web stuff for a long time.
I learnt a lot from a guy who worked directly with Stroustrup on defining the C++ standard. Such humble guys, you could walk up to them and ask them anything.
The rude MBA takeover from engineering across industries is terrible.
mike805@mahadevank @lauren @oblomov Yes, finance managers should not be allowed to run non-finance companies. That is why Boeing is a mess right now.