[HN Gopher] AARD Code, or how Bill Gates finished off the compet... ___________________________________________________________________ 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) (HTM) web link (www.zapread.com) (TXT) w3m dump (www.zapread.com) | flowerlad wrote: | The other one: | | "DOS ain't done until Lotus won't run". | | 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. | | The Wikipedia article for AARD code explains the source: | | > 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. ___________________________________________________________________ (page generated 2021-03-20 23:00 UTC)