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Where did the name Bison come from anyway? (feddit.uk)

submitted 1 year ago by [email protected] to c/[email protected]

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The history of computers and software is full of nerdy and obscure jokes well beyond the caricatures of exiting vim. Complier compiler (explain that to most people!) to yet another compiler compiler to bison is one of those.

What are your favourite obscure computer nerd jokes?

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[–] [email protected] 1 points 1 year ago

cat (as in concatenate)
prints a file to stdout

head & tail print the beginning / end of a file