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8Petros [Signal: Petros.63]
-- How do you run it?
-- It runs in the family.
Kevin Karhan :verified:

@SmudgeTheInsultCat what if I told you I know the person and even remember his exchange with his mother about him saying "hey I fixed your code"...

- Yes the #Internet is that small...

CatSalad🐈🥗 (D.Burch) :blobcatrainbow:

@SmudgeTheInsultCat
@maddiefuzz My best friend and I inherited each other's parent's legacy like this... It was so strange

Jeff Grigg

@SmudgeTheInsultCat

COBOL-95 does have object-oriented features, like inheritance.

😆

Richard Webb

@SmudgeTheInsultCat
I remember my Sperry 494 manuals, dated 1959.

Peter

@SmudgeTheInsultCat

The basis for future fiction written around family guilds, where family members inherit the sole rights to work on code. Esoteric rituals have developed governing the handover of checksums and private keys. Any unplanned death of a current Keeper of the Code results in family disputes and the inevitable forks, leading to code wars between branches.

G'to Ten, youngest member of the H'werld family and eighth in line for the code base, discovers that the family's code includes a secret message from the Before times and embarks on a hero's journey to uncover the secrets behind the guild system, threatening to alter society forever. Whether it's for better or worse, only time will tell.

@SmudgeTheInsultCat

The basis for future fiction written around family guilds, where family members inherit the sole rights to work on code. Esoteric rituals have developed governing the handover of checksums and private keys. Any unplanned death of a current Keeper of the Code results in family disputes and the inevitable forks, leading to code wars between branches.

Rod Van Meter

@PeterLG @SmudgeTheInsultCat that is AMAZING. Write that novel series and you will be RICH!

Peter

@rdviii

I've done the hard part, someone else can do the writing and make the money. I'm too old to get rich now; it would be wasted.

@SmudgeTheInsultCat

Dentaku (Thomas Renger)

@SmudgeTheInsultCat @beandev In 2012 I came back to a project I had been working on before (but in a different role) and fixed a bug that I had filed in 2002 and that was still open.

Jon

@SmudgeTheInsultCat a couple of years ago, I saw the first commit from the son of the graphics VP at SGI when I was hired in 1997. Doubtful I'll still be doing standards work when his kids get involved, though. Unless they're really precocious.

Mark

@SmudgeTheInsultCat "Mum, this code is a mess!"
"Well, tell that to your room..."

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