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minus-squarebillwashere@lemmy.worldlinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up8arrow-down1·27 days agoYou mean like we all did if you’re like me and started writing code in late 80s to mid 2000s? Fucking amateurs…
minus-squareMyNameIsRichard@lemmy.mllinkfedilinkarrow-up7·27 days agoYeah, but to fair, we had comprehensive manuals.
minus-squarebillwashere@lemmy.worldlinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up12·27 days agoI remember these.… And … And…
minus-squareMyNameIsRichard@lemmy.mllinkfedilinkarrow-up3·26 days ago For the Atari ST, although I actually preferred Hisoft Basic.
minus-squareOldMrFish@lemmy.onelinkfedilinkarrow-up2·27 days agoThat 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…
minus-squareMangoCats@feddit.itlinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up3·27 days ago had comprehensive manuals You must not have coded for DOS.
minus-squareMyNameIsRichard@lemmy.mllinkfedilinkarrow-up3·27 days agoAt home, Atari ST and at work IBM System/38 where the manuals had their own office.
minus-squareMangoCats@feddit.itlinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up2·24 days agoI 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.
minus-squareMangoCats@feddit.itlinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up2·27 days agoIn the late 80s there were no man pages, we had a 50 page paper manual - and it was mostly useless.
You mean like we all did if you’re like me and started writing code in late 80s to mid 2000s?
Fucking amateurs…
Yeah, but to fair, we had comprehensive manuals.
I remember these.…
And …
And…
And now, this:
For the Atari ST, although I actually preferred Hisoft Basic.
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…
You must not have coded for DOS.
At home, Atari ST and at work IBM System/38 where the manuals had their own office.
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.
In the late 80s there were no man pages, we had a 50 page paper manual - and it was mostly useless.