#oldprogrammer — Public Fediverse posts

👴🖥️ Ah, the thrilling saga of an old programmer who embarks on the riveting journey of crafting a C compiler for a fictional processor! Spoiler alert: he emailed the author because reading is hard. 📚💤
https://jollygoodsw.wordpress.com/2025/03/13/working-through-writing-a-c-compiler/ #oldprogrammer #Ccompiler #fictionalprocessor #codingadventures #hackernews #HackerNews #ngated

👴🖥️ Ah, the thrilling saga of an old programmer who embarks on the riveting journey of crafting a C compiler for a fictional processor! Spoiler alert: he emailed the author because reading is hard. 📚💤
https://jollygoodsw.wordpress.com/2025/03/13/working-through-writing-a-c-compiler/ #oldprogrammer #Ccompiler #fictionalprocessor #codingadventures #hackernews #HackerNews #ngated

👴🖥️ Ah, the thrilling saga of an old programmer who embarks on the riveting journey of crafting a C compiler for a fictional processor! Spoiler alert: he emailed the author because reading is hard. 📚💤
https://jollygoodsw.wordpress.com/2025/03/13/working-through-writing-a-c-compiler/ #oldprogrammer #Ccompiler #fictionalprocessor #codingadventures #hackernews #HackerNews #ngated

👴🖥️ Ah, the thrilling saga of an old programmer who embarks on the riveting journey of crafting a C compiler for a fictional processor! Spoiler alert: he emailed the author because reading is hard. 📚💤
https://jollygoodsw.wordpress.com/2025/03/13/working-through-writing-a-c-compiler/ #oldprogrammer #Ccompiler #fictionalprocessor #codingadventures #hackernews #HackerNews #ngated

I can hardly explain just how crazy warp speed this is to me. I started on my 1200 baud modem, lived through the 'what even is 56k spec'.

#56k #modem #oldprogrammer #oldcomputers #internet

I can hardly explain just how crazy warp speed this is to me. I started on my 1200 baud modem, lived through the 'what even is 56k spec'.

#56k #modem #oldprogrammer #oldcomputers #internet

I can hardly explain just how crazy warp speed this is to me. I started on my 1200 baud modem, lived through the 'what even is 56k spec'.

#56k #modem #oldprogrammer #oldcomputers #internet

I can hardly explain just how crazy warp speed this is to me. I started on my 1200 baud modem, lived through the 'what even is 56k spec'.

#56k #modem #oldprogrammer #oldcomputers #internet

I can hardly explain just how crazy warp speed this is to me. I started on my 1200 baud modem, lived through the 'what even is 56k spec'.

#56k #modem #oldprogrammer #oldcomputers #internet

Huh, so that file I was looking for all afternoon wasn't on any of the old computers at all. It was on my current machine, in the folder it would have been expected to be in.

Seems I forgot I did the work on this computer. Well at least I gain current knowledge of what boots and which drives still work right?

#oldprogrammer #oldcomputers

Huh, so that file I was looking for all afternoon wasn't on any of the old computers at all. It was on my current machine, in the folder it would have been expected to be in.

Seems I forgot I did the work on this computer. Well at least I gain current knowledge of what boots and which drives still work right?

#oldprogrammer #oldcomputers

Huh, so that file I was looking for all afternoon wasn't on any of the old computers at all. It was on my current machine, in the folder it would have been expected to be in.

Seems I forgot I did the work on this computer. Well at least I gain current knowledge of what boots and which drives still work right?

#oldprogrammer #oldcomputers

Huh, so that file I was looking for all afternoon wasn't on any of the old computers at all. It was on my current machine, in the folder it would have been expected to be in.

Seems I forgot I did the work on this computer. Well at least I gain current knowledge of what boots and which drives still work right?

#oldprogrammer #oldcomputers

Huh, so that file I was looking for all afternoon wasn't on any of the old computers at all. It was on my current machine, in the folder it would have been expected to be in.

Seems I forgot I did the work on this computer. Well at least I gain current knowledge of what boots and which drives still work right?

#oldprogrammer #oldcomputers

@opencage Oh man, CPAN... now that's a name I haven't heard in a looong time. Thanks for the throwback! ;) #oldprogrammer

@opencage Oh man, CPAN... now that's a name I haven't heard in a looong time. Thanks for the throwback! ;) #oldprogrammer

@opencage Oh man, CPAN... now that's a name I haven't heard in a looong time. Thanks for the throwback! ;) #oldprogrammer

@opencage Oh man, CPAN... now that's a name I haven't heard in a looong time. Thanks for the throwback! ;) #oldprogrammer

@opencage Oh man, CPAN... now that's a name I haven't heard in a looong time. Thanks for the throwback! ;) #oldprogrammer