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I programmed before google and before stack overflow. The povotal change was that nobody post the forumization of support bothered to write documentation worth
by LoSboccacc 10y ago
I programmed before google and before stack overflow. The povotal change was that nobody post the forumization of support bothered to write documentation worth reading. You didn't need google for simbian or for the java runtime of for stdio. Everything was laid out in beautiful completness including race conditions to watch out for and all valid parameters enumerated before your eyes.
- drumdance 10y agoWell, Java was still in beta as late as 1996 and the Internet was a huge part of why it was attractive. I built my first company using it. Big mistake. It was extremely buggy and slow. Something like StackOverflow would have been a huge help to our development team.