My 2025 YouTube Recap.
#PowerShell #WSL #DotNet #Go #Infrastructure #Naturalist #StarTrek #RetroGaming #RetroInformatics #Goonie #Gnome #KDE #WindowMaker #AfterStep #FVWM #Enlightenment
Learning to code again.
Martin Bishop
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I obtained the Oracle's archive!
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In 1992, RS/6000 desktop workstation, like the Model 220 with a 19-inch color monitor, would set you back $14,795 (approx. $32,000 in today’s dollars).
#UNIX #AIX #BSD #LINUX
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#UNIX #AIX #BSD #LINUX
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BYTE’s issue brought the concept to developers, enthusiasts, and general users, a much broader, more mainstream technical audience. It did so in language that was part technical, part visionary, and a bit ambiguous.
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In October 1988, BYTE introduced the concept of hypertext to a mainstream microcomputer audience, several years before #HTML 2.0 (the first official standard) was finalised in 1995. Before this time, hypertext was primarily discussed in academic circles or associated with specific, often proprietary, software (like Guide and HyperCard).
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2. #LLVM is evolving. It supports multiple front-end dialects, and if the kernel remains too tightly tied to #GCC -only assumptions, it risks becoming brittle as compilers evolve.
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Even when Clang/LLVM was introduced as an alternative compiler in the 2010s, the #LLVM project had to re-implement GCC behaviour. In practice, Clang’s “GNU compatibility mode” exists largely because of Linux.
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From its inception in 1991, the #Linux kernel has been developed in tandem with the #GNU toolchain, specifically the GNU Compiler Collection (GCC) and GNU Binutils. Linus Torvalds wrote early kernel code relying on features unavailable in the ISO C standard or in other compilers. Over time, GCC wasn’t just the compiler used for Linux; it effectively defined the C dialect of the Linux kernel.
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Today, #Perl remains a powerful tool for one-liners and quick text-processing scripts, a reminder of its origins in the #Unix tradition of doing more with less.
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The early 1990s were the heyday of #Perl, a language that embodied the spirit of the early web: flexible, pragmatic, and unapologetically messy. Perl quickly became the tool of choice for system administrators, #CGI (Common Gateway Interface) programming, and anyone who needed to glue together disparate systems quickly. Its rich text-processing capabilities and easy integration with #Unix tools made it indispensable for automating tasks and building early dynamic web pages.
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