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C and Unix were a hoax

Posted: Wed Sep 20, 2006 8:33 pm
by alex.barylski
I just read that in a book I'm reading...and thought to myself holy christ...have I ever been duped :P Then I found this:

http://www.gnu.org/fun/jokes/unix-hoax.html

Good for a laugh and a major sigh of relief if you have spent countless amounts of time learning C :P

Posted: Thu Sep 21, 2006 3:42 am
by ibbo
Reads like MS propoganda.

ibbo

Posted: Thu Sep 21, 2006 3:50 am
by Jenk
The date on the doc gave it all away before I even read it, sorry. :(

Posted: Thu Sep 21, 2006 4:50 am
by ibbo
There is some good other stuff in there though.

ibbo

Posted: Thu Sep 21, 2006 7:27 am
by Buddha443556
Yes it was good for a laugh. :lol:

Posted: Thu Sep 21, 2006 8:59 am
by MrPotatoes
i always thought it was funny when i read it the first time

Posted: Thu Sep 21, 2006 10:27 am
by alex.barylski
Jenk wrote:The date on the doc gave it all away before I even read it, sorry. :(
Yea I figured it would, but the original is in a PDF i'm (I was) reading so the date didn't apply...and being in a serious book I was truely taken back for a minute :P

Until I googled it and found that link :)

Posted: Thu Sep 21, 2006 9:08 pm
by Ambush Commander
That's a classic.

Posted: Fri Sep 22, 2006 2:28 pm
by a94060
i read it all the way thru like what the... then i read back here and checked the date :lol: