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When you said that, I expected 15, not 25.
by evincarofautumn 11y ago
When you said that, I expected 15, not 25.
- LordKano 11y agoI too was expecting a minor child, not a young-ish adult. I don't feel like checking it now but Linus was pretty young too when he released his kernel.
- paulannesley 11y agoYep; Linus Torvalds born 1969 would have been ~22 years old when Linux was first released in 1991. -- https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Linux https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Linux & https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Linus_Torvalds https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Linus_Torvalds
- mveety 11y agoYou could do something like this at 15. I worked some on my own little hobby OS when I was 17 (maybe a little younger though bit hazy on that). I learned what I wanted to out of it though and it never got this far.
- zwischenzug 11y agoFair enough, but given the quality and maturity of his writing, I was expecting some kind of middle-aged wise man.