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the problem is when you use magic, you're deliberately being clever, and the only proper way to be clever is if you thoroughly document your cleverness with com
by beachstartup 11y ago
the problem is when you use magic, you're deliberately being clever, and the only proper way to be clever is if you thoroughly document your cleverness with comments and diagrams and examples. the person you befuddle with how clever you are is probably yourself, 2 years from now.
- StavrosK 11y agoEh, try a month.
- MaulingMonkey 11y agoLater today: Wait, what was I doing again?
- StavrosK 11y agoWhat is this in reply to?
- andrewflnr 11y agoI think they were raising your "try a month" to "try 6 hours".
- MaulingMonkey 11y agoCorrect. Thanks!
- StavrosK 11y agoYes, and I was re-raising it to "five minutes" :( Apparently the joke wasn't very obvious.
- SixSigma 11y agosee - Lions' Commentary on UNIX 6th Edition, with Source Code [1] [1] https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Lions%27_Commentary_on_UNIX_6th_Edition,_with_Source_Code#.22You_are_not_expected_to_understand_this.22 https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Lions%27_Commentary_on_UNIX_6t... /* * If the new process paused because it was * swapped out, set the stack level to the last call * to savu(u_ssav). This means that the return * which is executed immediately after the call to aretu * actually returns from the last routine which did * the savu. * * You are not expected to understand this. */ if(rp->p_flag&SSWAP) { rp->p_flag =& ~SSWAP; aretu(u.u_ssav); }