On Wed, 03 Sep 2025 22:20:48 +0000, Pierre wrote:
I liked his reply to the question about the current state of software
today:
"A lot of it sucks! Unfortunately, it's all too true."
Ken Thompson, when asked what OS he uses, replied that he has given up on Apple (the so-called “Unix”) and switched to Linux, specifically the Raspberry Pi.
Did anybody ask Kernighan what he uses?
On 9/8/2025 3:36 AM, Lawrence D’Oliveiro wrote:
Ken Thompson, when asked what OS he uses, replied that he has given up
on Apple (the so-called “Unix”) and switched to Linux, specifically the >> Raspberry Pi.
Did anybody ask Kernighan what he uses?
He was using an Apple laptop and was complaining bitterly how difficult
it was to get to the underlying unix based operating system.
On Mon, 8 Sep 2025 17:01:13 -0500, Lynn McGuire wrote:
On 9/8/2025 3:36 AM, Lawrence D’Oliveiro wrote:
Ken Thompson, when asked what OS he uses, replied that he has given up
on Apple (the so-called “Unix”) and switched to Linux, specifically the >>> Raspberry Pi.
Did anybody ask Kernighan what he uses?
He was using an Apple laptop and was complaining bitterly how difficult
it was to get to the underlying unix based operating system.
Given that Apple seems to be moving away from the “Unix” name, sounds like
he might be following Thompson’s example soon ...
On 9/8/2025 3:36 AM, Lawrence D’Oliveiro wrote:
On Wed, 03 Sep 2025 22:20:48 +0000, Pierre wrote:
I liked his reply to the question about the current state of software
today:
"A lot of it sucks! Unfortunately, it's all too true."
Ken Thompson, when asked what OS he uses, replied that he has given up on
Apple (the so-called “Unix”) and switched to Linux, specifically the
Raspberry Pi.
Did anybody ask Kernighan what he uses?
He was using an Apple laptop and was complaining bitterly how difficult
it was to get to the underlying unix based operating system.
On Mon, 8 Sep 2025 09:13:11 +0300, Paavo Helde wrote:
Actually, the back button in the browser should be disabled when
clicking it would not make sense, but it looks like there is currently
no protocol for doing that.
The way to disable it would be to never reload the entire page, just keep dynamically updating parts of its contents.
On Sun, 07 Sep 2025 15:30:34 GMT
scott@slp53.sl.home (Scott Lurndal) gabbled:
Michael S <already5chosen@yahoo.com> writes:
1. Lambda expressions
Syntactic sugar.
They can make code a bit more compact and easier to follow.
1. New meaning of auto.
Doesn't increase readability, IMO.
Devs using auto everywhere really boils my piss sometimes. If I wanted a language where I can't tell what type a variable is without searching through the code or using an IDE I'd use python. Its bad enough with templates but
at least they have a useful function.
Lawrence D’Oliveiro <ldo@nz.invalid> wrote at 08:43 this Monday (GMT):
On Mon, 8 Sep 2025 09:13:11 +0300, Paavo Helde wrote:
Actually, the back button in the browser should be disabled when
clicking it would not make sense, but it looks like there is currently
no protocol for doing that.
The way to disable it would be to never reload the entire page, just
keep dynamically updating parts of its contents.
Then people would complain about being sent back to the search engine or
new tab page.
On Tue, 9 Sep 2025 21:50:02 -0000 (UTC), candycanearter07 wrote:
Lawrence D’Oliveiro <ldo@nz.invalid> wrote at 08:43 this Monday (GMT):
On Mon, 8 Sep 2025 09:13:11 +0300, Paavo Helde wrote:
Actually, the back button in the browser should be disabled when
clicking it would not make sense, but it looks like there is currently >>>> no protocol for doing that.
The way to disable it would be to never reload the entire page, just
keep dynamically updating parts of its contents.
Then people would complain about being sent back to the search engine or
new tab page.
There is a way to set a “modified & unsaved” flag on the page so that, when the user tries to leave it, they get an “Are you sure?” warning.
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