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The original names for the atom bombs that ended World War II were Fat Man and Thin Man and came from characters created by mystery writer Dashiell Hammett. Thin Man eventually became Little Boy but Fat Man — he was the Sidney Greenstreet character in Maltese Falcon — stayed.
Write In C Let It Be Internet History — This is the sort of thing that you’d see on Usenet groups or get in your email when the internet was brand new.
For your convenience we will publish below but to get the full effect visit the Tripod built web page which if you notice hasn’t been updated since 1997.
When I find my code in tons of trouble,
Friends and colleagues come to me,
Speaking words of wisdom:
“Write in C.”
As the deadline fast approaches,
And bugs are all that I can see,
Somewhere, someone whispers:
“Write in C.”
Write in C, Write in C,
Write in C, oh, Write in C.
LOGO’s dead and buried,
Write in C.
I used to write a lot of FORTRAN,
For science it worked flawlessly.
Try using it for graphics!
Write in C.
If you’ve just spent nearly 30 hours,
Debugging some assembly,
Soon you will be glad to
Write in C.
Write in C, Write in C,
Write in C, yeah, Write in C.
BASIC’s not the answer.
Write in C.
Write in C, Write in C
Write in C, oh, Write in C.
Pascal won’t quite cut it.
Write in C.
Earth abides William Lawrence Sr Cryptowit 4-23-18
Sofzm fwds, sofzm fchhsb.
Xcvb Eiwuu
Answer to yesterday’s William Lawrence Sr Cryptowit quote puzzle: One generation passes away, and another generation comes;
But the earth abides forever.
Ecclesiastes