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Curly braces: An evolution of Unix and C

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68 points·by thaliaarchi·vor 2 Monaten·26 comments

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thaliaarchi
·vor 7 Monaten·discuss
readtape has now been updated for portability.
thaliaarchi
·vor 2 Jahren·discuss
The current article[0] says:

> Excel 2.0 was released a month before Windows 2.0, and the installed base of Windows was so low at that point in 1987 that Microsoft had to bundle a runtime version of Windows 1.0 with Excel 2.0.

[0]: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Microsoft_Excel
thaliaarchi
·vor 2 Jahren·discuss
That feeling seems common in hindsight. Everything seems easier, once all the problems have been solved. Related, I enjoy the author's sense of humor:

> I made a prototype and, lo and behold, it was in fact slow, as predicted. (I’m smart.)

And in another article[0], describing an inefficient collision algorithm:

> Mojang’s decision never crossed my mind. I guess I’m not a real programmer.

[0]: https://purplesyringa.moe/blog/ru/minecraft-compares-arrays-...
thaliaarchi
·vor 5 Jahren·discuss
Is Redact affiliated with the EFF? The prominent “Support the EFF” banner suggests so, but the FAQ makes no mention.