andrath

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   by andrath 10mo ago

   Linux and BSD (Free and Open mostly)
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   by andrath 7y ago

   You saysomething about turtles... No wait, wrong smalltalk. Seriously though, small talk is fleeting. You pick a generic subject (Something like: what's up? How are you doing? (if the person is doing something interesting) What are you
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   by andrath 8y ago

   No, this is just a wonderful bit of obsolete hacker history. Unless if you mess with retro-architecture for fun (like old PDP machines, be they emulated or real), then it's somewhat relevant.
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   by andrath 8y ago

   Yes, modern compilers do loop unrolling nowadays, so Duff's device doesn't really have a use. But it's certainly a wonderful bit of history. I found Duff's device when I was researching coroutines in C.
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   by andrath 8y ago

   You should read Tom Duff's original email about this: https://www.lysator.liu.se/c/duffs-device.html A quote of the man himself about this: "I feel a combination of pride and revulsion at this discovery.&quot
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   by andrath 8y ago

   Duff's device. Because you will first look at it in disgust, but then you realize how clever it really is. See: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Duff%27s_device