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I'm curious, what did you expect from the title?

marcosdumay 5y ago
Well, adding at least the "game" word would improve it.
oh_sigh 5y ago
I assumed it was going to be about systems programming: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Systems_programming https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Systems_programming
jhgb 5y ago
Not jayd16 but I expected a design-patterns-like classification of programming language functions.
pavon 5y ago
I was thinking it would be a collection/comparison of system calls (and/or fundamental userland OS interfaces) across various operating systems. Like what are the different types of synchronous and asynchronous IO in Linux, Windows and BSD, and how do they compare and contrast. A pretty interesting article though, even if it was completely different from what I was expecting.
matheusmoreira 5y ago
I expected systems programming functions. Stuff like operating systems, programming language implementations, virtual machines, game engines.
gerdesj 5y ago
HN is nominally an IT related site and "systems" usually means errr "systems" ie hardware or the things that run on the hardware. That could be games but that's just a special case. Basically we are now at the point where a mathematician in a similar situation would dig out: empty set: {}, one: {{}}, two: {{},{}} ... ... yay - numbers, "now assume a spherical cow" and before you know it things get really weird. IT isn't quite so clever but we do have some basic definitions and "systems" means: "systems" (####TODO: Fix recursive definition.) Systems can be designed and a Systems Designer might get involved in that activity. The more money that is paid to a vendor the bigger, better and more important the system - if Oracle is involved you will know this to be absolutely true. Games might be the focus of a system that is considered part of "systems." A Games System Designer sounds like way too much fun to be involved in systems and so probably cannot exist. Anyway, add Game to the title and we're all good. "Bestiary" is a nice touch but not quite good enough!
GaryTang 5y ago
I expected functions for complex systems like manufacturing or other business organizations.
sullyj3 5y ago
Maybe a rundown of the different strcpy variants or something

Well, adding at least the "game" word would improve it.

I assumed it was going to be about systems programming: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Systems_programming https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Systems_programming

jhgb 5y ago

Not jayd16 but I expected a design-patterns-like classification of programming language functions.

pavon 5y ago

I was thinking it would be a collection/comparison of system calls (and/or fundamental userland OS interfaces) across various operating systems. Like what are the different types of synchronous and asynchronous IO in Linux, Windows and BSD, and how do they compare and contrast. A pretty interesting article though, even if it was completely different from what I was expecting.

matheusmoreira 5y ago

I expected systems programming functions. Stuff like operating systems, programming language implementations, virtual machines, game engines.

gerdesj 5y ago

HN is nominally an IT related site and "systems" usually means errr "systems" ie hardware or the things that run on the hardware. That could be games but that's just a special case. Basically we are now at the point where a mathematician in a similar situation would dig out: empty set: {}, one: {{}}, two: {{},{}} ... ... yay - numbers, "now assume a spherical cow" and before you know it things get really weird. IT isn't quite so clever but we do have some basic definitions and "systems" means: "systems" (####TODO: Fix recursive definition.) Systems can be designed and a Systems Designer might get involved in that activity. The more money that is paid to a vendor the bigger, better and more important the system - if Oracle is involved you will know this to be absolutely true. Games might be the focus of a system that is considered part of "systems." A Games System Designer sounds like way too much fun to be involved in systems and so probably cannot exist. Anyway, add Game to the title and we're all good. "Bestiary" is a nice touch but not quite good enough!

GaryTang 5y ago

I expected functions for complex systems like manufacturing or other business organizations.

sullyj3 5y ago

Maybe a rundown of the different strcpy variants or something