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Re:OpenBSD, C, httpd and SQLite – Web App stack by cpmouter on Saturday June 09, 2018 @08:59AM (#17272802)
It's surprising to me that someone could be a programmer without knowing anything about C.
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Re:OpenBSD, C, httpd and SQLite – Web App stack by scandox on Saturday June 09, 2018 @11:01AM (#17273340)
The best programmer in the world may never have even seen a computer for all we know.
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Re:OpenBSD, C, httpd and SQLite – Web App stack by carapace on Saturday June 09, 2018 @11:14AM (#17273403)
Dijkstra famously didn't use one until his friends and colleagues made him get a mac so they could email him.
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Re:OpenBSD, C, httpd and SQLite – Web App stack by Senderman on Saturday June 09, 2018 @01:46PM (#17274074)
I was programming for a few years before I first encountered C, and that was almost 2 decades ago. I don't think it's that uncommon.
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