jorty @jordyd@octodon.social

trending among C programmers:
- #include
- #ifdef
- #endif

One time I tripped over a speed bump while walking and said "gotta go fast" #introductions

Macros can be useful but I feel like we should ban certain people from touching them.

For example, imagine if someone were to use the C preprocessor to create an elaborate object orientation system for C, calling it GObject, and then create an entire graphics stack up to and including a desktop environment, called, say, GNOME.

I think that's the kind of person who should no longer be allowed to use the C preprocessor.

I think the most important lesson to learn from free software is that after people have enough money to put food on the table they're willing to put time into something with no monetary benefit

You: Intel architecture
Me: Actually, Intel is the manufacturer. You're thinking of Intel's monster.

Imaginary numbers are not real

If I were NASA, I’d simply launch a rocket

I mean Star Trek: Enterprise literally had a character named Trip

Space Voyage: Journey

If I am elected president, I will appoint NASA as the government