Unix legend, who owes us nothing, keeps fixing foundational AWK code
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Co-creator of core Unix utility, now 80, just needs to run a few more tests.
In case you were wondering what he's done for you lately
"Once I figure out how ... I will try to submit a pull request. I wish I understood git better, but in spite of your help, I still don't have a proper understanding, so this may take a while." <-- We feel your pain, Glorious Sir.
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Co-creator of core Unix utility, now 80, just needs to run a few more tests.
In case you were wondering what he's done for you lately
"Once I figure out how ... I will try to submit a pull request. I wish I understood git better, but in spite of your help, I still don't have a proper understanding, so this may take a while." <-- We feel your pain, Glorious Sir.
Once I grasped that git looks at the bits/bytes on the hard drive and not what we consider files and takes a snapshot of that it helped with my understanding. Before that, I would copy files off to another location because git deleted crap when I changed branches. I was used to being able to see two versions of a file side by side in an editor. And if that description is not technically correct, I don't care. Don't correct it, I am finally happy with it as source control. Don't make go back to hating it with the passion of a white hot star.
I’ve given up trying to be calm. However, I am open to feeling slightly less agitated.
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Co-creator of core Unix utility, now 80, just needs to run a few more tests.
In case you were wondering what he's done for you lately
"Once I figure out how ... I will try to submit a pull request. I wish I understood git better, but in spite of your help, I still don't have a proper understanding, so this may take a while." <-- We feel your pain, Glorious Sir.
Kudos for him :)
M.D.V. ;) If something has a solution... Why do we have to worry about?. If it has no solution... For what reason do we have to worry about? Help me to understand what I'm saying, and I'll explain it better to you Rating helpful answers is nice, but saying thanks can be even nicer.
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Co-creator of core Unix utility, now 80, just needs to run a few more tests.
In case you were wondering what he's done for you lately
"Once I figure out how ... I will try to submit a pull request. I wish I understood git better, but in spite of your help, I still don't have a proper understanding, so this may take a while." <-- We feel your pain, Glorious Sir.
[The Last Bug](https://www.gnu.org/fun/jokes/last.bug.html) by Lou Ellen Davis “But you're out of your mind,” they said with a shrug. “The customer's happy; what's one little bug?” But he was determined. The others went home. He spread out the program, deserted, alone. The cleaning men came. The whole room was cluttered With memory-dumps, punch cards. “I'm close,” he muttered. The mumbling got louder, simple deduction, “I've got it, it's right, just change one instruction.” It still wasn't perfect, as year followed year, And strangers would comment, “Is that guy still here?” He died at the console, of hunger and thirst. Next day he was buried, face down, nine-edge first. And the last bug in sight, an ant passing by, Saluted his tombstone, and whispered, “Nice try.”
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