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Re:Zelda Screen Transitions Are Undefined Behaviour by ubermonkey on Wednesday July 17, 2019 @11:19AM (#20460392)
This reminder of undocumented behavior reminded me of The story of Mel, a Real Programmer.

See

http://www.pbm.com/~lindahl/mel.html

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Re:Zelda Screen Transitions Are Undefined Behaviour by soulofmischief on Wednesday July 17, 2019 @02:42PM (#20462713)
I'd never seen that photo before. Mel looks a bit like Brad Pitt from far away.
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Re:Zelda Screen Transitions Are Undefined Behaviour by ubermonkey on Friday July 19, 2019 @08:56AM (#20478230)
Until very recently, I assumed the story was mostly apocryphal, but I happened to look it up about a year ago and learned that the actual Mel had been identified, and that there was even that picture. Really cool, considering I first saw the story of Mel in probably 1989.
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