RIP, dmr

http://www.muppetlabs.com/~breadbox/rip-dmr.html

by breadbox • 15 years ago

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stevelosh• 15 years ago

I love the `return 0;`. Something sad has happened, but it's not the end of the world and everyone continues on.

breadbox2• 15 years ago

True enough. It's not an error; it's expected behavior.

JoshTriplett• 15 years ago

Not quite: it's expected behavior, but still an error. In the logic of a testsuite, it's an XFAIL.

azelfrath• 15 years ago

I think "return -1;" would have been appropriate =(

But seriously, this page actually brought a tear to my eye. It's like all the C code in the world right now feels a little less cheerful...

EDIT: But yes, there is something oddly inspiring about the world just moving on.

someone13• 15 years ago

Personally, I would rather an ENOENT error. Seems ... fitting, somehow.

Well, either that or the Windows error STATUS_OBJECT_NAME_NOT_FOUND.

jerf• 15 years ago

I interpreted it as returning "success". In a more global context than just the program at hand.

alperakgun• 15 years ago

Having read K & R long time ago, and enjoyed the concise book, it is a sad day. All C programs in the world must be returning success today.

adgar• 15 years ago

I know it's kinda tasteless, but `puts` is more appropriate.

breadbox2• 15 years ago

Maybe, but printf() is the function used in the original hello-world program on p.6 of K&R.

ineedtosleep• 15 years ago

RIP, Dennis Ritchie.

I love that the tribute code is short, concise and has enormous meaning.

faizanaziz• 15 years ago

Couldn't agree more

foenix• 15 years ago

Man, I was just diving into C this week with Shaw's learn C the hard way and K & R (I'm beginning to wrap my head around pointers. Quite beautiful, really).

This snippet made me tear up. RIP, Dennis Ritchie.

rhdoenges• 15 years ago

Something about C saying that is incredibly depressing. I cried.

anigbrowl• 15 years ago

Me also. Very sad news.

oracuk• 15 years ago

I know change happens, maybe it's a function of my age but this increasingly feels like I am living in a different world to the one I started my career in. Interestingly it's no the technology that that feels different, it's the loss of people and companies that shaped the older world.

jgrahamc• 15 years ago

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ryfm• 15 years ago

main(void)

jmagar• 15 years ago

This marks the end of all my "Hello World!" first programs; replaced by "goodbye, dad\n"

bgarbiak• 15 years ago

I'm going back to this page almost every hour today and every time I get to "goodbye, dad\n" part I'm getting emotional... Excellent homage.

nicks22• 15 years ago

Legends like DMR don't die, they just gosub without return

RIP, dmr

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