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Re:Unix Programmer's Manual Third Edition [pdf] (1973) on Tuesday November 05, 2024 @08:47PM (#42056721)
Would this OS have any chance of getting certified as a genuine Unix today?
Adam, did you expect that behavior?
Re:We need visual programming. No, not like that on Tuesday July 16, 2024 @03:12PM (#40979368)
> Yes, most diagrams are frustratingly static

Most source code is static. In case you want to show a diff, you normally do this with a side-by-side view, regardless of whether you show the diff as textual source code, or as two diagrams.

The transformations you sometime see in Youtube videos of moving and removing small bits of code to e.g. show the differences between a piece of functionality in an object oriented vs functional language are only useful because they require your eyes to follow relatively few points of interest.

Re:Apple found in breach of EU competition rules on Monday June 24, 2024 @07:20AM (#40774678)
Answers seem to imply the downvotes are for a naïve rather than alternate viewpoint.
Re:SICP in GNU TeXmacs on Saturday April 20, 2024 @07:07PM (#40101792)
Another interactive SICP discussed on HN 10 years ago:

https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=7149908

Re:How a Zig IDE Could Work on Friday February 10, 2023 @07:42PM (#34748196)
I remember it being in VisualAge for Java before that IDE became Eclipse.
Re:Stop lying to yourself – you “fix it later” on Sunday November 20, 2022 @05:17PM (#33686041)
I've worked on legacy projects which have decades-old tickets.
> Android doesn't have a monopoly. Apple does fine in Europe and their devices can be bought everywhere.

As an independen device maker, you wouldn't be able to put iOS on your devices. Android has a huge margin over other viable alternatives.