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[–] PeriodicallyPedantic 1 points 9 months ago (2 children)

his very first program

Who's very first program? The sysadmin or powerruser? Neither of them are likely to make programs, and idk why anyone would bring a printout of a program to a sysadmin to inspect.

I can't tell if this is self-deprecation of sysadmin or a PEBCAK joke.

[–] doxxx 5 points 9 months ago* (last edited 9 months ago)

This likely originates from the Before Times when universities would have a full time sysadmin who would often write some of the software for the computer system/network at the university. See Bastard Operator From Hell for an example.

[–] corsicanguppy 2 points 9 months ago (1 children)

Who's very first program

Indeed, who IS very first? Is any of us really first?

[–] PeriodicallyPedantic 1 points 9 months ago* (last edited 9 months ago)

As native speaker of English: English is stupid

I'll tell you who isn't first (in my heart); the Angles. Nor are any of their descendants.