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> The systems programmer has read the kernel source, to better understand the deep ways of the universe, and the systems programmer has seen the comment in the
by thefaux 2y ago
> The systems programmer has read the kernel source, to better understand the deep ways of the universe, and the systems programmer has seen the comment in the scheduler that says “DOES THIS WORK LOL,” and the systems programmer has wept instead of LOLed
Chef's kiss.
- flir 2y ago> Pointers are real. They’re what the hardware understands. Somebody has to deal with them. You can’t just place a LISP book on top of an x86 chip and hope that the hardware learns about lambda calculus by osmosis. Yessssss.
- p_l 2y agomeanwhile common lisp: "actually has concept of pointers, just called differently", "invites low-level assembly reading by integrating disassembler and compiler" :V