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Back in Google New York, sometime after 2006, but prior to my team changing floors after the YouTube acquisition, my team sat about 2 cubicles over from Peter W
by KMag 5y ago
Back in Google New York, sometime after 2006, but prior to my team changing floors after the YouTube acquisition, my team sat about 2 cubicles over from Peter Weinberger, and a bit further from Brian Kernighan's office. My manager, John Sarapata was standing up and complaining how much he hated awk, and I ducked a bit and said "You know AWK stands for Aho, Kernighan (motion toward Brian's office), and Weinberger (motion toward Peter's desk), right?" They're both very nice people, so I don't think they would have been too offended, but it just felt odd to be boldly talking behind the backs of such well-recognized luminaries. Last I checked, John was very senior in Google NYC, so I guess he's a bit more careful to get full context before complaining loudly. Good times.
- notsureaboutpg 5y agoJust makes me think of olden days intellectuals and the tiffs they would get into when each other's ideas were disrespected compared to this.
- pantsforbirds 5y ago1. This is an incredible story haha. 2. I constantly talk about how much I hate python or other languages that I actually like. Sometimes the things you complain about most are the things you need most too
- bananabreakfast 5y ago"There are two types of programming languages: those everyone complains about, and those nobody uses."
- vram22 5y ago- Bjarne Stroustrup. I agree with him. His book "The Design and Evolution of C++" was a fascinating read. His site has an overview of it.