Christopher Bazley @cs99cjb

I can’t say which of these 8-bit machines has “better” graphics, but it’s pretty obvious to me which has uglier graphics. The scene is in Brno. #bbcmicro #bbcmicrocomputer #c64 #commodore64

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I just published C’s treatment of void * is not broken medium.com/p/cs-treatment… #cprogramminglanguage #cplusplus #c #clanguage

Is the @Copilot advert in which a scientist asks for a metaphor then cons her audience into thinking she invented an embarrassing similie intentionally bad to get people talking, do the creators not know the difference, or are they trying to tell us Copilot doesn’t? #copilots

"Your password is required to enable Touch ID" might be the single stupidest error message in the history of computing.

I just published Dogfooding the _Optional qualifier itnext.io/dogfooding-the… Real-world use cases for a qualifier that offers nullability semantics without turning the #cprogramminglanguage into a wall of keywords with loosely enforced and surprising semantics. #cprogramming #c

The 80th anniversary of Thomas the Tank Engine is being celebrated more than a year early. 'The Three Railway Engines' was published in 12 May 1945. Thomas isn't in it. Everyone needs to wait until 14 September next year. #thomasthetankengine

Typos in #cplusplus: int x = 1; int y = x; // should be int &y = x, no diagnostic y = 10; // x is unchanged! Typos in #cprogramminglanguage: int x = 1; int *y = x; // should be *y = &x, diagnostic message y = 10; // should be *y = 10, diagnostic message

Not new, but definitely improved (much like C): itnext.io/c-versus-c-fig… #cprogramming #cplusplus #c

There is more than one good pink. #Barbie #thunderbirds

It was recently alleged that I may struggle to cope with having a daughter, given my aversion to pink. I think that is overly simplistic, therefore I have created this helpful guide. #barbie #thunderbirds

I love my Bash aliases. Don't suffer obscurantism needlessly. Be proud of your heritage! alias up='cd ..' alias back='cd -' alias dir=cd alias copy=cp alias rename=mv alias cdir=mkdir alias wipe='rm -rf' alias remove='rm -df' alias delete='rm -d' alias .='ls -a' #acorn #riscos

Despite the fact that this topic should be avoided in polite conversation, like religion or politics, people keep raising it. itnext.io/goto-hell-1e7e…

#cprogramminglanguage #cprogramming #cplusplus

Banning use of strncpy is like banning a hammer for not being a screwdriver. #cprogramming #cprogramminglanguage

I just published 'Enhanced type variance for C' itnext.io/enhanced-type-… The ideas and code examples discussed in this article might seem abstruse but I believe they are important for the future of the C programming language. #cprogramming #clanguage

#thunderbirds #captainscarlet #supermarionation

Pooh misquotes are in the real world now: primary schools, outside museums. It amazes me that no one responsible has any discernment or natural skepticism. The true cause of little brain is the Internet. It lies and lies. dirt.fyi/article/2022/0…

I’ve just noticed that Tom Thomas’s helicopter has no tail rotor. How does that work? #firemansam

BBC Microcomputer, mode 1: 320x256, 2 bits per pixel. #AutumnColours #bbcmicro #retrospecs

I see a lot of “C++ puzzles”. Not just here, but on Medium. Here’s a thought: if your language of choice has “puzzles”, that’s not great.