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wpietri
on Aug 21, 2022
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Brian Kernighan adds Unicode support to Awk
As I get old to start thinking about exactly how long I want my career to be, this is inspiring. He is coming up on 80 and he's still coding.
paledot
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Is it? I'm glad it's an option, but I'm also glad retiring at 40 is an option (depending on a lot of stars aligning just right of course).
My answer to "how long do I want my career to be?" will never be "until my body or mind fail me".
wpietri
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Depends on how you think of it. Maybe I shouldn't have used the word "career" here, as I wrote code long before people paid me for it, and aim to keep doing it long after.
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on Aug 21, 2022
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Depends on what you mean with 'career'. Brian Kernighan doesn't do this because he needs money, but because he would get bored otherwise.
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xdavidliu
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well that escalated quickly
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