<story><title>I&apos;ll refrain from providing code that involve concepts as you&apos;re under 18</title><url>https://gemini.google.com/share/238032386438?hl=en</url></story><parent_chain><item><author>cfr2023</author><text>I laughed out loud. Is this actually a common sentiment in some circles, or just someone blowing off steam?&lt;p&gt;The question occurs to me because I feel like I just spent 30 years on forums like HN reading nothing but effusive praise for the cleverness and elegance of C and Unix.</text></item><item><author>vkou</author><text>&amp;gt; 1972 - Dennis Ritchie invents a powerful gun that shoots both forward and backward simultaneously. Not satisfied with the number of deaths and permanent maimings from that invention he invents C and Unix.&lt;p&gt;&lt;a href=&quot;http:&amp;#x2F;&amp;#x2F;james-iry.blogspot.com&amp;#x2F;2009&amp;#x2F;05&amp;#x2F;brief-incomplete-and-mostly-wrong.html&quot; rel=&quot;nofollow&quot;&gt;http:&amp;#x2F;&amp;#x2F;james-iry.blogspot.com&amp;#x2F;2009&amp;#x2F;05&amp;#x2F;brief-incomplete-and-m...&lt;/a&gt;</text></item><item><author>saagarjha</author><text>This is definitely an age gate I’ll stand behind. C++ has unimaginable power to ruin the minds of our young children.</text></item></parent_chain><comment><author>nopakos</author><text>This hilarious book was published 30 years ago: &lt;a href=&quot;https:&amp;#x2F;&amp;#x2F;archive.org&amp;#x2F;details&amp;#x2F;unixhatershandbo0000unse_c3g9&quot; rel=&quot;nofollow&quot;&gt;https:&amp;#x2F;&amp;#x2F;archive.org&amp;#x2F;details&amp;#x2F;unixhatershandbo0000unse_c3g9&lt;/a&gt;</text></comment>
<story><title>I&apos;ll refrain from providing code that involve concepts as you&apos;re under 18</title><url>https://gemini.google.com/share/238032386438?hl=en</url></story><parent_chain><item><author>cfr2023</author><text>I laughed out loud. Is this actually a common sentiment in some circles, or just someone blowing off steam?&lt;p&gt;The question occurs to me because I feel like I just spent 30 years on forums like HN reading nothing but effusive praise for the cleverness and elegance of C and Unix.</text></item><item><author>vkou</author><text>&amp;gt; 1972 - Dennis Ritchie invents a powerful gun that shoots both forward and backward simultaneously. Not satisfied with the number of deaths and permanent maimings from that invention he invents C and Unix.&lt;p&gt;&lt;a href=&quot;http:&amp;#x2F;&amp;#x2F;james-iry.blogspot.com&amp;#x2F;2009&amp;#x2F;05&amp;#x2F;brief-incomplete-and-mostly-wrong.html&quot; rel=&quot;nofollow&quot;&gt;http:&amp;#x2F;&amp;#x2F;james-iry.blogspot.com&amp;#x2F;2009&amp;#x2F;05&amp;#x2F;brief-incomplete-and-m...&lt;/a&gt;</text></item><item><author>saagarjha</author><text>This is definitely an age gate I’ll stand behind. C++ has unimaginable power to ruin the minds of our young children.</text></item></parent_chain><comment><author>zer00eyz</author><text>&amp;gt;&amp;gt; reading nothing but effusive praise for the cleverness and elegance of C and Unix&lt;p&gt;It isnt that these are GOOD ideas, it&amp;#x27;s just that no one has come up with better ones.</text></comment>