Happy 12th Birthday to the funny little project that stole my name | matt godbolt

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Happy 12th Birthday to the funny little project that stole my name

Like 22 May at 12:31 | Open on hachyderm.io

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Martin Piper (he/him) 💙💛🌻💉

@mattgodbolt the Matt project?

22 May at 12:33 | Open on mastodon.social

@mattgodbolt my favourite part is that you became a verb - "I'll godbolt it" being a phrase I hear.

Congrats man!

22 May at 12:33 | Open on mastodon.gamedev.place

@mattgodbolt You and XKCD. Happy birthday, godbolt!

22 May at 12:33 | Open on helvede.net

Guillaume Racicot

@mattgodbolt your name is a verb too now. I godbolted code my code many times.

22 May at 12:35 | Open on mastodon.social

@gracicot @mattgodbolt Like many words in the English language, the meaning may be context dependent.

"I godbolted it" could mean:

1. I threw it into Compiler Explorer
2. I made the code super fast, like Matt Godbolt would have done
3. I sent the code to Matt Godbolt for review

And it might mean all of these things simultaneously! What a beautiful and wonderful language 😊

22 May at 12:43 | Open on mastodon.social

@mattgodbolt Twelve years ago today, Matt published his love letter to compilers. Congrats, Matt, and happy birthday to Compiler Explorer!

22 May at 12:35 | Open on mastodon.social

@mattgodbolt do it back, Matthew Compiler Explorer!

22 May at 12:39 | Open on hachyderm.io

penryu

@mattgodbolt I wish you the very best of luck in trying to recapture the rights to your own name from the annals of compiler history.

22 May at 12:40 | Open on hachyderm.io

22 May at 12:53 | Open on social.ivor.org

Xarn

@mattgodbolt 12 years already? It's older than I thought.

22 May at 13:29 | Open on mastodon.social

vitaut 🤍❤️🤍 🇺🇦

@mattgodbolt Congrats Matt the Explorer!

22 May at 14:02 | Open on mastodon.social