The most interesting thing I learned from this article is the sprintf() pre-compiler (http://blog.kazuhooku.com/2014/10/announcing-qrintf-and-qrintf-gcc.html ht

The most interesting thing I learned from this article is the sprintf() pre-compiler (http://blog.kazuhooku.com/2014/10/announcing-qrintf-and-qrintf-gcc.html http://blog.kazuhooku.com/2014/10/announcing-qrintf-and-qrin...). That's awesome. The rest, well, its a helpful check on over enthusiasm to be familiar with the shortcomings of UNIX. By dint of its popularity, diversity and long lineage, UNIX and its derivatives are particularly rich in warts. Yet, I think it must be true of all real-world operating systems with a long life that cruft, workarounds and ossified bad ideas accumulate.