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minus-squarebillwashere@lemmy.worldlinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up6·19 hours agoYou mean like we all did if you’re like me and started writing code in late 80s to mid 2000s? Fucking amateurs…
minus-squareMyNameIsRichard@lemmy.mllinkfedilinkarrow-up6·19 hours agoYeah, but to fair, we had comprehensive manuals.
minus-squarebillwashere@lemmy.worldlinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up9·18 hours agoI remember these.… And … And…
minus-squareMyNameIsRichard@lemmy.mllinkfedilinkarrow-up1·8 hours ago For the Atari ST, although I actually preferred Hisoft Basic.
minus-squareOldMrFish@lemmy.onelinkfedilinkarrow-up1·16 hours agoThat C book was still used when I studied software engineering in the 2010s. It was even considered a ‘modern’ C book because it had been updated to include ANSI C…
minus-squareMangoCats@feddit.itlinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up2·19 hours ago had comprehensive manuals You must not have coded for DOS.
minus-squareMyNameIsRichard@lemmy.mllinkfedilinkarrow-up2·19 hours agoAt home, Atari ST and at work IBM System/38 where the manuals had their own office.
minus-squareMangoCats@feddit.itlinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up2·19 hours agoIn the late 80s there were no man pages, we had a 50 page paper manual - and it was mostly useless.
You mean like we all did if you’re like me and started writing code in late 80s to mid 2000s?
Fucking amateurs…
Yeah, but to fair, we had comprehensive manuals.
I remember these.…
And …
And…
For the Atari ST, although I actually preferred Hisoft Basic.
And now, this:
That C book was still used when I studied software engineering in the 2010s. It was even considered a ‘modern’ C book because it had been updated to include ANSI C…
You must not have coded for DOS.
At home, Atari ST and at work IBM System/38 where the manuals had their own office.
In the late 80s there were no man pages, we had a 50 page paper manual - and it was mostly useless.