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The Little Printf

by gmcabrita on 10/11/15, 9:50 PM with 3 comments

• by sudeepj on 10/12/15, 4:28 AM

  Very well written. It reminded me of the writing style of Paulo Coelho, though I am not his big fan. But this article/story I like.

• by zaptheimpaler on 10/12/15, 7:07 AM

  This little story taught me so much about programming I had forgotten! Great job!

• by RubyPinch on 10/12/15, 3:39 AM

  the lil' printf seems like a lil' snarky s---.

  I'm somewhat reminded of "learn programming" chatrooms, where a majority of discussions take the form of "how would I do X" "don't do X". Then that is the end of it.

  The person's problem stays unsolved, the answerer gets the satisfaction of putting someone down, good times.