[HN Gopher] AARD Code, or how Bill Gates finished off the compet...
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       AARD Code, or how Bill Gates finished off the competition
        
       Author : bgstry
       Score  : 16 points
       Date   : 2021-03-20 21:09 UTC (1 hours ago)
        
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       | flowerlad wrote:
       | The other one:
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       | "DOS ain't done until Lotus won't run".
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       | See https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=10432608
        
       | amelius wrote:
       | Is AARD an acronym and what do the letters stand for?
        
         | MoZeu wrote:
         | According to Wikipedia: " AARD code was originally discovered
         | by Geoff Chappell on 17 April 1992 and then further analyzed
         | and documented in a joint effort with Andrew
         | Schulman.[2][3][4][5][6] The name was derived from Microsoft
         | programmer Aaron R. Reynolds (1955-2008),[7] who used "AARD" to
         | sign his work; "AARD" was found in the machine code of the
         | installer"
        
         | hn_throwaway_99 wrote:
         | I had the same question. It's my biggest pet peeve when
         | articles go on with cryptic acronyms (or, in this case,
         | initialisms) and don't explain them.
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         | The Wikipedia article for AARD code explains the source:
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         | > The name was derived from Microsoft programmer Aaron R.
         | Reynolds (1955-2008),[7] who used "AARD" to sign his work;
         | "AARD" was found in the machine code of the installer.
        
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