<![CDATA[Did you know…?]]>Did you know…?

In the 18th century, C programmers often confused `ſprintf` and `fprintf`

]]>https://board.circlewithadot.net/topic/72b2c6a5-411f-4751-8973-50d06be00920/did-you-knowRSS for NodeFri, 05 Jun 2026 02:56:31 GMTThu, 14 May 2026 16:35:33 GMT60<![CDATA[Reply to Did you know…? on Fri, 15 May 2026 17:07:55 GMT]]>@fugueish Some of this old C code is still hosted on Giþub.

]]>https://board.circlewithadot.net/post/https://c.im/users/dpnash/statuses/116579688504292408https://board.circlewithadot.net/post/https://c.im/users/dpnash/statuses/116579688504292408Fri, 15 May 2026 17:07:55 GMT<![CDATA[Reply to Did you know…? on Fri, 15 May 2026 16:15:38 GMT]]>@fugueish I'm old enough to remember that.

]]>https://board.circlewithadot.net/post/https://cyberplace.social/users/khleedril/statuses/116579482883495363https://board.circlewithadot.net/post/https://cyberplace.social/users/khleedril/statuses/116579482883495363Fri, 15 May 2026 16:15:38 GMT<![CDATA[Reply to Did you know…? on Fri, 15 May 2026 16:02:25 GMT]]>@alexshendi @fugueish you do know that the long-s was still in use less than 100 years ago, do you?

]]>https://board.circlewithadot.net/post/https://toot.mirbsd.org/users/mirabilos/statuses/01KRP5ZWBSJJX1NW435P7GYCJ3https://board.circlewithadot.net/post/https://toot.mirbsd.org/users/mirabilos/statuses/01KRP5ZWBSJJX1NW435P7GYCJ3Fri, 15 May 2026 16:02:25 GMT<![CDATA[Reply to Did you know…? on Fri, 15 May 2026 15:58:08 GMT]]>@fugueish early homoglyph attack

]]>https://board.circlewithadot.net/post/https://mastodon.social/users/vitaut/statuses/116579414052148021https://board.circlewithadot.net/post/https://mastodon.social/users/vitaut/statuses/116579414052148021Fri, 15 May 2026 15:58:08 GMT<![CDATA[Reply to Did you know…? on Fri, 15 May 2026 15:56:33 GMT]]>@fugueish .... Whaa?

]]>https://board.circlewithadot.net/post/https://mastodon.online/users/Maitre/statuses/116579407857659353https://board.circlewithadot.net/post/https://mastodon.online/users/Maitre/statuses/116579407857659353Fri, 15 May 2026 15:56:33 GMT<![CDATA[Reply to Did you know…? on Fri, 15 May 2026 15:44:33 GMT]]>@fugueish

It was right after the invention of Calculus by Leibniz

]]>https://board.circlewithadot.net/post/https://mastodon.social/users/AinsleyLowbeer/statuses/116579360699184257https://board.circlewithadot.net/post/https://mastodon.social/users/AinsleyLowbeer/statuses/116579360699184257Fri, 15 May 2026 15:44:33 GMT<![CDATA[Reply to Did you know…? on Thu, 14 May 2026 22:36:38 GMT]]>@fugueish I ſee what you did there!

]]>https://board.circlewithadot.net/post/https://infosec.exchange/users/tychotithonus/statuses/116575318738696738https://board.circlewithadot.net/post/https://infosec.exchange/users/tychotithonus/statuses/116575318738696738Thu, 14 May 2026 22:36:38 GMT<![CDATA[Reply to Did you know…? on Thu, 14 May 2026 17:59:33 GMT]]>@alexshendi innovations of the 19th century!

]]>https://board.circlewithadot.net/post/https://wandering.shop/users/fugueish/statuses/116574229228483634https://board.circlewithadot.net/post/https://wandering.shop/users/fugueish/statuses/116574229228483634Thu, 14 May 2026 17:59:33 GMT<![CDATA[Reply to Did you know…? on Thu, 14 May 2026 17:26:44 GMT]]>@fugueish

Thats why `ſprintf` was eventually renamed to `snprintf`!

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