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minus-squareSpike@discuss.tchncs.delinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up0arrow-down1·1 year agoAs usual his code might be a great thing, but his pretentious attitude is still shit. “Ah yes look at me I have written, oh my dare I say, some ASSEMBLY honhonhonhonhonhon” That this is a big thing seems wild to me. Assembly isn’t such a big thing, some devs use it daily (Hello to my embedded devs out there) so why is this worthy a news article?
minus-squareDeathcrow@lemmy.mllinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up2·edit-21 year agothe dude wrote a kernel, I very much doubt he needs to brag about his ability to write assembly.
minus-squareSpike@discuss.tchncs.delinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up0arrow-down1·1 year agoI know. He’s a legend. And I respect his work. He doesn’t need to brag. And yet he does.
As usual his code might be a great thing, but his pretentious attitude is still shit.
“Ah yes look at me I have written, oh my dare I say, some ASSEMBLY honhonhonhonhonhon”
That this is a big thing seems wild to me.
Assembly isn’t such a big thing, some devs use it daily (Hello to my embedded devs out there) so why is this worthy a news article?
the dude wrote a kernel, I very much doubt he needs to brag about his ability to write assembly.
I know. He’s a legend. And I respect his work. He doesn’t need to brag.
And yet he does.