RIP, dmr(muppetlabs.com)

565 pointsby breadbox15 anni fa21 comments

http://www.muppetlabs.com/~breadbox/rip-dmr.html

11 comments

foenix15 anni fa

Man, I was just diving into C this week with Shaw's learn C the hard way and K & R (I'm beginning to wrap my head around pointers. Quite beautiful, really).

This snippet made me tear up. RIP, Dennis Ritchie.

ineedtosleep15 anni fa

RIP, Dennis Ritchie.

I love that the tribute code is short, concise and has enormous meaning.

faizanaziz15 anni fa

Couldn't agree more

rhdoenges15 anni fa

Something about C saying that is incredibly depressing. I cried.

anigbrowl15 anni fa

Me also. Very sad news.

oracuk15 anni fa

I know change happens, maybe it's a function of my age but this increasingly feels like I am living in a different world to the one I started my career in. Interestingly it's no the technology that that feels different, it's the loss of people and companies that shaped the older world.

bgarbiak15 anni fa

I'm going back to this page almost every hour today and every time I get to "goodbye, dad\n" part I'm getting emotional... Excellent homage.

jmagar15 anni fa

This marks the end of all my "Hello World!" first programs; replaced by "goodbye, dad\n"

nicks2215 anni fa

Legends like DMR don't die, they just gosub without return

jgrahamc15 anni fa

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ryfm15 anni fa

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stevelosh15 anni fa

I love the `return 0;`. Something sad has happened, but it's not the end of the world and everyone continues on.

azelfrath15 anni fa

I think "return -1;" would have been appropriate =(

But seriously, this page actually brought a tear to my eye. It's like all the C code in the world right now feels a little less cheerful...

EDIT: But yes, there is something oddly inspiring about the world just moving on.

someone1315 anni fa

Personally, I would rather an ENOENT error. Seems ... fitting, somehow.

Well, either that or the Windows error STATUS_OBJECT_NAME_NOT_FOUND.

breadbox15 anni fa

True enough. It's not an error; it's expected behavior.

JoshTriplett15 anni fa

Not quite: it's expected behavior, but still an error. In the logic of a testsuite, it's an XFAIL.

jerf15 anni fa

I interpreted it as returning "success". In a more global context than just the program at hand.

alperakgun15 anni fa

Having read K & R long time ago, and enjoyed the concise book, it is a sad day. All C programs in the world must be returning success today.

watmough15 anni fa

It may be concise, but it is incredibly dense. I'm not sure there's a unnecessary word, let alone paragraph.

It definitely rewards persistent study, I've been programming for years, and I still learn something every single time I dip into it.

adgar15 anni fa

I know it's kinda tasteless, but `puts` is more appropriate.

breadbox15 anni fa

Maybe, but printf() is the function used in the original hello-world program on p.6 of K&R.