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Something (unrelated) that surprised me here is that the author has two decades of posts on this blog, leading back to their first post about a new version of C
by MH15 2y ago
Something (unrelated) that surprised me here is that the author has two decades of posts on this blog, leading back to their first post about a new version of C# (https://codeblog.jonskeet.uk/2005/09/ https://codeblog.jonskeet.uk/2005/09/)
Personally as a younger software guy I had no idea that C# had type inference back in 2005- an interesting perspective shift!
- toolslive 2y agotype inference in programming languages is more than 50 years old. ML had it in 1973.
- stefs 2y agojon skeet is somewhat famous for topping the stackoverflow leaderboards since the beginning of time https://stackoverflow.com/users?tab=Reputation&filter=all https://stackoverflow.com/users?tab=Reputation&filter=all
- switch007 2y ago- Users don’t mark Jon Skeet’s answers as accepted. The universe accepts them out of a sense of truth and justice. - When Jon Skeet's code fails to compile, the compiler apologises. - Jon Skeet does not use revision control software. None of his code has ever needed revision
- throwup238 2y agoReplace “Jon Skeet” with “Fabrice Bellard” and you’ve got yourself a real meme.
- bossyTeacher 2y agojon skeet is one of the most famous programmers of all time. He might not be famous like Knuth is but he is everyday programmer famous.