What are those commits from 40-24 years ago in Go source?
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Toni Cárdenas
Mar 14, 2012, 6:18:29 PM3/14/12
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Andy Balholm
Mar 14, 2012, 6:25:47 PM3/14/12
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They are the history of the "hello, world" program in B and C.
Apparently the Bell Labs people on the Go team put them in for fun.
Brad Fitzpatrick
Mar 14, 2012, 6:26:13 PM3/14/12
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Homages / jokes, presumably.
Aram Hăvărneanu
Mar 14, 2012, 6:41:13 PM3/14/12
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> Apparently the Bell Labs people on the Go team put them in for fun.
Fun has been achieved. I can't stop laughing.
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Aram Hăvărneanu
Michael Jones
Mar 14, 2012, 6:28:48 PM3/14/12
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Refer to Section 7:
When John Milton was writing Paradise Lost, it was presumed that readers of English language books had read all previously published books in the English language. Milton makes many unattributed references that he expected you to just "know."
This is is with Bell Labs people and CSTRs.
On Wed, Mar 14, 2012 at 3:18 PM, Toni Cárdenas <to...@tcardenas.me> wrote:
Michael Jones
Mar 14, 2012, 6:38:34 PM3/14/12
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should have been "Thus it is with"
Also, here is the key point:
"A final note of possible historical interest or amusement: so far as Brian and I can remember, the Tutorial contains the first instance of a "Hello, world" program."
This quote is from the late Dennis M Ritchie.
Rob 'Commander' Pike
Mar 14, 2012, 8:01:24 PM3/14/12
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Few jokes are improved by explanation.
-rob
mattn
Mar 14, 2012, 10:28:43 PM3/14/12
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My favorite joke of is this.
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