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No stackoverflow meant deciphering manpages or asking the guy sitting next to you. You can imagine how ugly things got.
by jimmyvalmer 6y ago
No stackoverflow meant deciphering manpages or asking the guy sitting next to
you. You can imagine how ugly things got.
- mangamadaiyan 6y agoWell, to be fair, you also had W. Richard Stevens if the guy sitting next to you behaved like a certain bodily orifice, or if the man pages were either too dense or too sparse. The key was to be able to read source and build a mental model of the system you were working on. That usually took a few months to a year depending on the system.