While the King Lives: An Old C Programming Prank in GNU Hello from 1993(lowendbox.com)

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While the King Lives: An Old C Programming Prank in GNU Hello from 1993

https://lowendbox.com/blog/while-the-king-lives-an-old-c-programming-prank-in-gnu-hello-from-1993/

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chirsz2 เดือนที่ผ่านมา

There are many open-source software developers whose backgrounds we don't know much about, such as Russell King, who implemented the 32-bit ARM port of Linux. He used the magic number 0x016F2818 (24061976 in decimal) without explanation, which I guess is his birthday, but I can't verify it since he hasn't disclosed his birthday anywhere.

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ardline2 เดือนที่ผ่านมา

The benchmark numbers are interesting — would love to see how it performs with more realistic workloads.