"You know, when I did my first six week introduction to programming course, the highlight of the final day was getting to use the computer"

"Hahaha, hard core!"

"Glad you think so. This interview will be conducted under Faraday Cage Rules; this laptop runs Minix 2.0 with full source code and manuals. Here's the Book. You have one hour to complete exercise seven from Tanenbaum chapter 5."

#Tootfic #MicroFiction #PowerOnStoryToot #Title_Faraday_Rules

@Unixbigot Exercise 22 from chapter 5 would be much more interesting (assuming it's the second edition of the Minix book) 😀
@me_ TBH I didn't have my copy to hand and just guessed a number.
@Unixbigot Sure, it was fiction after all, but I couldn't resist looking it up...