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Re:Why Does Calloc Exist? by cptroot on Saturday November 12, 2022 @11:25PM (#33580040)
FYI this should have (2016) in the title. The first paragraph talking about HN appears to be referring to some old moderation drama that was recent when posted.
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Re:Why Does Calloc Exist? by Mathnerd314 on Saturday November 12, 2022 @11:38PM (#33580127)
And all the publications he links to have stopped publishing.
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Re:Why Does Calloc Exist? by travisgriggs on Sunday November 13, 2022 @12:27AM (#33580344)
I was about to comment that “this reminds me of the old internet where people took time to write papers online”.

Apparently I was more correct than I realized.

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Re:Why Does Calloc Exist? by pbininda on Sunday November 13, 2022 @03:25AM (#33581154)
Wow. 2016 ist "the old internet"? Kids these days! To me "the old internet" ist the one before the web.
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Re:Why Does Calloc Exist? by bigDinosaur on Sunday November 13, 2022 @04:09AM (#33581372)
And by goodness, I almost stopped reading, because what a whiny rant.
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Re:Why Does Calloc Exist? by throwawaaarrgh on Sunday November 13, 2022 @08:01AM (#33582649)
It seemed dispassionate, reasoned and positive to me, but then again HN has never been a good place for discussions of ethics
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Re:Why Does Calloc Exist? by bigDinosaur on Sunday November 13, 2022 @07:33PM (#33588902)
I can't wait to read about the ethics and lack of political discussion around malloc, next.
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