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Real programmers use octal not hex.
by rerdavies 2y ago
Real programmers use octal not hex.
- inopinatus 2y agoWhat can I say, I modernised. It feels like an age since I last toggled in a bootloader through a front panel. I'm also anticipating a bit of snark (pun intended) from the folks still twiddling data on their magnetic drums using an iron needle. It's all in good humour though, we continue to get along because I didn't switch to SVR4.
- Corrado 2y agoI know you’re being facetious, but there was a time that I did toggle a boot loader in with switches on the front of a mini computer. Now I feel super old.
- inopinatus 2y agoYou’re not alone. I too am ancient enough to have done the same. PDP-8 at my hometown university computing centre. At least half my original comment held a grain of truth, as a matter of fact. Including the dd/sh HTTP server (hi Claudio!)
- awanderingmind 2y agoAnd only use computers they built themselves from transistors made from silicon they mined using hand-made, wooden tools... etc.