XPost: alt.folklore.computers   
   From: tnp@invalid.invalid   
      
   On 04/01/2026 12:14, Chris Ahlstrom wrote:   
   > rbowman wrote this post by blinking in Morse code:   
   >   
   >> On Sat, 03 Jan 2026 06:09:32 GMT, Charlie Gibbs wrote:   
   >>   
   >>> And whether the variable is followed by some padding.  If that char[4]   
   >>> variable is followed by, say, 4 bytes of padding, you can write up to 8   
   >>> bytes to it and not feel a thing.  Then comes the day when you try to   
   >>> write 9 bytes there and kaboom.  I've lost a lot of hair with those   
   >>> ones,   
   >>> when a program that's run fine for a couple of years suddenly dies.   
   >>   
   >> I have fixed bugs that were old enough to vote. Like the organisms in the   
   >> permafrost in the plot lines of 'The Last ship' and 'Fortitude' they lay   
   >> there in wait...   
   >>   
   >> 30 years ago programmers were very stingy with allocations.   
   >   
   > I've found bugs in my own code that went unnoticed for years.   
   >   
   I once laid out a pcb that went into production for over a year until   
   one faulty module made me realise I had an FET input buffer wired up   
   backwards so it did precisely nothing.   
      
   > That's one good thing about refactoring or revisiting old code for   
   > no reason.   
   >   
      
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   Of what good are dead warriors? … Warriors are those who desire battle   
   more than peace. Those who seek battle despite peace. Those who thump   
   their spears on the ground and talk of honor. Those who leap high the   
   battle dance and dream of glory … The good of dead warriors, Mother, is   
   that they are dead.   
   Sheri S Tepper: The Awakeners.   
      
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