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Developer, Nerd, Techie @ work.
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The X Window System is 40, archaic as heck, and still relevant

One astrophysics professor's memories of writing X11 code in the 1980s.

https://arstechnica.com/gadgets/2024/06/the-x-window-system-is-40-archaic-as-heck-and-still-relevant/?utm_brand=arstechnica&utm_social-type=owned&utm_source=mastodon&utm_medium=social

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@arstechnica Reading about X (specifically the part about is code) some days ago made me search for W. Strangely enough the most complete article about W is how there's almost nothing to be found on this X predecessor. https://lunduke.substack.com/p/w-the-window-system-before-x-that

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