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devilish666@lemmy.world to Programmer Humor@lemmy.ml · 3 days ago

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devilish666@lemmy.world to Programmer Humor@lemmy.ml · 3 days ago
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  • MyNameIsRichard@lemmy.ml
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    Yeah, but to fair, we had comprehensive manuals.

    • billwashere@lemmy.world
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      I remember these.…

      And …

      And…

      • Perry@lemy.lol
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        And now, this:

        Cover page of The Rust Programming Language, Second Edition

      • OldMrFish@lemmy.one
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        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…

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        For the Atari ST, although I actually preferred Hisoft Basic.

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      had comprehensive manuals

      You must not have coded for DOS.

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        At home, Atari ST and at work IBM System/38 where the manuals had their own office.

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          I had an Atari 800, and the manual for it was pretty complete.

          At office in 1991 I started programming for IBM PCs in DOS, that was a big step into the void.

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