[talk] NYC*BUG Tonight: code reading with yes.c

Peter Varga pvarga at pvrg.net
Wed Apr 5 13:43:30 EDT 2017


Let me ask will the meeting possibly be broadcast live?

On Wed, Apr 5, 2017, at 10:03, George Rosamond wrote:
> Tonight at LMHQ downtown on Broadway:
> 
> Getting to yes.c, Mike Burns
> Wednesday, April 5, 18:45, LMHQ, 150 Broadway, 20th Floor, Manhattan
> Notice: Location Change
> 
> Let's read a classic: yes.c. We can look at OpenBSD, FreeBSD, NetBSD,
> GNU, Illumos, and Unix 7th ed. implementations. With the many different
> authors and distinct cultures we will be sure to have much to discuss
> and compare. Some things to think about: what are some uses for the yes
> command? What errors can occur, and how are they handled? How did GNU
> manage to make this program 88 lines long? How did Illumos get this
> program indented by five tabs?
> 
> The inspiration is the shared metaphors and expressions we have in
> natural language due to common books (e.g. Hitchhiker's Guide to the
> Galaxy, Romeo and Juliet) and movies (e.g. Hackers, A Christmas Carol).
> Come prepared for a poetry slam crossed with a book club.
> 
> Speaker Bio
> 
> Mike is an OpenBSD contributor, port maintainer, and long-time BSD user.
> He's new to town, having previously run the Classical Code Reading Group
> of Stockholm.
> 
> *****
> 
> Building Open Source Random Number Generators, Rob Seward
> Wednesday, May 3, 18:45, LMHQ, 150 Broadway, 20th Floor, Manhattan
> 
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