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suffix
Jul 27, 2013

Wheeee!

Notorious b.s.d. posted:

stop grepping code and install the silver searcher (ag) instead

grep is a generic trademark, i grep with ag all the time

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Dessert Rose
May 17, 2004

awoken in control of a lucid deep dream...
ag is so loving good

like i used to use ack and then i tried ag and it searched like 100mb of code in ten seconds and i was like choco uninstall ack

oh no blimp issue
Feb 23, 2011

anyone got any good books on OS programming? i feel like reading something incredibly dry and boring

Space Whale
Nov 6, 2014

Awia posted:

anyone got any good books on OS programming? i feel like reading something incredibly dry and boring

The bible apparently explains TempleOS

gonadic io
Feb 16, 2011

>>=

Awia posted:

anyone got any good books on OS programming? i feel like reading something incredibly dry and boring

are you sure you don't want compiler programming instead?

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Feb 23, 2011

gonadic io posted:

are you sure you don't want compiler programming instead?

thats a step too far


Space Whale posted:

The bible apparently explains TempleOS

lol

DONT THREAD ON ME
Oct 1, 2002

by Nyc_Tattoo
Floss Finder

Space Whale posted:

The bible apparently explains TempleOS

yeah it's all in the gnu testament

Subjunctive
Sep 12, 2006

✨sparkle and shine✨

Awia posted:

anyone got any good books on OS programming? i feel like reading something incredibly dry and boring

Lions, maybe?

oh no blimp issue
Feb 23, 2011

Subjunctive posted:

Lions, maybe?

looks dry enough to me!

Deacon of Delicious
Aug 20, 2007

I bet the twist ending is Dracula's dick-babies

MALE SHOEGAZE posted:

yeah it's all in the gnu testament

uuuggGGGHHH

Dessert Rose
May 17, 2004

awoken in control of a lucid deep dream...

MALE SHOEGAZE posted:

yeah it's all in the gnu testament

aaaaaaaaaaaaaaargh

Bloody
Mar 3, 2013

gonadic io posted:

well we're talking about refactoring code here so let's assume that you have access to whatever debugging routine you like.you work on embedded stuff right, so real hardware can't give feedback?

very frequently nope! even just staying on chip you'll run into numerous write only volatile registers, nevermind when you start moving off chip to like a dac or radio or something. sometimes you'll get status bits that'll provide some insight but just as often you won't. I realize this has wandered far from the original topic but sperging in tangential directions is fun

Bloody
Mar 3, 2013

given a scope and poo poo though hell yeah probe everything and make sure the new thing looks the same as the old thing

Blinkz0rz
May 27, 2001

MY CONTEMPT FOR MY OWN EMPLOYEES IS ONLY MATCHED BY MY LOVE FOR TOM BRADY'S SWEATY MAGA BALLS

MALE SHOEGAZE posted:

yeah it's all in the gnu testament

thanks dad :rolleyes:

triple sulk
Sep 17, 2014



MALE SHOEGAZE posted:

yeah it's all in the gnu testament

jony neuemonic
Nov 13, 2009

MALE SHOEGAZE posted:

yeah it's all in the gnu testament

lolllllll

Jerry Bindle
May 16, 2003

MALE SHOEGAZE posted:

yeah it's all in the gnu testament

lolirl

eschaton
Mar 7, 2007

Don't you just hate when you wind up in a store with people who are in a socioeconomic class that is pretty obviously about two levels lower than your own?

Awia posted:

anyone got any good books on OS programming? i feel like reading something incredibly dry and boring

the Tanenbaum book with the Minix source

eschaton
Mar 7, 2007

Don't you just hate when you wind up in a store with people who are in a socioeconomic class that is pretty obviously about two levels lower than your own?

Subjunctive posted:

Lions, maybe?

oh, that's right, that's actually around now legitimately, not just in illegal photocopies and such.

Tannenbaum's Minix book was basically intended to be a clean-room replacement for the Lions book, which also ran on the computers students had (PC/XT and up), and which also taught some about microkernels too.

I've only read the original, not the revised version that also covers virtual memory (and used the 386 as its baseline), but it was good and clear and honestly not that dry or boring.

cowboy beepboop
Feb 24, 2001

Dessert Rose posted:

ag is so loving good

like i used to use ack and then i tried ag and it searched like 100mb of code in ten seconds and i was like choco uninstall ack

idk ack is instant for me

Valeyard
Mar 30, 2012


Grimey Drawer
got my degree award, 2.1, now to start inflicting my bad code in the real world :toot:

gonadic io
Feb 16, 2011

>>=

Valeyard posted:

got my degree award, 2.1, now to start inflicting my bad code in the real world :toot:

congrats valeyard, you're exactly as qualified a programmer as i am!

(okay mine was in maths + compsci)

Valeyard
Mar 30, 2012


Grimey Drawer

gonadic io posted:

congrats valeyard, you're exactly as qualified a programmer as i am!

(okay mine was in maths + compsci)

thanks! yeah difference also is that you were 1% away from a 1st, and i will probably be just 1% over the line to get that 2.1. dont have individual class results yet, but it must have been decent to offset a low gpa from last year, god bless "exit velocity"

gonadic io
Feb 16, 2011

>>=
current terrible programmer status:
code:
let colour = Color4.Blue
:britain:

gonadic io fucked around with this message at 13:41 on Jun 12, 2015

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Feb 23, 2011

i hope i manage to scrape a 2.1, my dissertation was dogshit and it counts for 3 out of 16 modules

Valeyard
Mar 30, 2012


Grimey Drawer

Awia posted:

i hope i manage to scrape a 2.1, my dissertation was dogshit and it counts for 3 out of 16 modules

I was going to ask, you must be getting those results soon

oh no blimp issue
Feb 23, 2011

my module results might be back tbh, but im too scared to look

The Leck
Feb 27, 2001

rrrrrrrrrrrt posted:

ugh this archaic notion of source code being tied to files in a filesystem is so distasteful. I much prefer a binary blob that contains all my object state :smugmrgw:
ah, ms access programming, the platonic ideal of software development

Shaggar
Apr 26, 2006
an access app is probably better than a mongo/node app

jony neuemonic
Nov 13, 2009

probably?

sinekumquat
Jun 12, 2005

the most dangerous philosopher in the west
College Slice

Shaggar posted:

an access app is probably better than a mongo/node app

i once saw a student project that was a java applet that used ms access and only could run on a single machine

right after that was a ruby one that used mongo and failed during the presentation

VikingofRock
Aug 24, 2008




Awia posted:

i hope i manage to scrape a 2.1, my dissertation was dogshit and it counts for 3 out of 16 modules

What does this mean? I'm unfamiliar with this numbering system.

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Feb 23, 2011

VikingofRock posted:

What does this mean? I'm unfamiliar with this numbering system.

degrees are split into classes 1st, 2nd and 3rd and a 2nd has 2 subclasses a 2.1 or a 2.2
1st is a really good pass, 2.1 is a good pass, 2.2 is an alright pass and a 3rd is a you tried hard

coffeetable
Feb 5, 2006

TELL ME AGAIN HOW GREAT BRITAIN WOULD BE IF IT WAS RULED BY THE MERCILESS JACKBOOT OF PRINCE CHARLES

YES I DO TALK TO PLANTS ACTUALLY

VikingofRock posted:

What does this mean? I'm unfamiliar with this numbering system.

a first is the best, which about 15% of graduates get
a 2.1 is the second best, which about 50% of graduates get
a 2.2 is the third best, which about 30% of graduates get
a third is the worst, which about 5% of graduates get

this is what happens when you have eight-hundred-year-old universities

Carthag Tuek
Oct 15, 2005

Tider skal komme,
tider skal henrulle,
slægt skal følge slægters gang



in every grade system we've ever had in denmark, theres always been unofficial versions creeping in with arrows up or down, or like "a very big 9" or a "small 10"

oh no blimp issue
Feb 23, 2011

to confuse even further universities can have their own bespoke internal grading systems that will be translated to the normal degree classes upon completion

Luigi Thirty
Apr 30, 2006

Emergency confection port.

lol if you didn't go to one of those postmodern colleges that just doesn't give out grades at all

brap
Aug 23, 2004

Grimey Drawer
a number between 1 and 4 seems pretty straightforward, maybe just use that?

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Feb 23, 2011

fleshweasel posted:

a number between 1 and 4 seems pretty straightforward, maybe just use that?

you can also pass a degree with honours or without

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CPColin
Sep 9, 2003

Big ol' smile.

coffeetable posted:

a first is the best, which about 15% of graduates get
a 2.1 is the second best, which about 50% of graduates get
a 2.2 is the third best, which about 30% of graduates get
a third is the worst, which about 5% of graduates get

this is what happens when you have eight-hundred-year-old universities

Uh I'm pretty sure it goes, "First is the worst; second is the best; third is the nerd with the hairy chest."

Sometimes, "Zero is the hero," too.

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