_I wrote sprintf in the summer of 1991_

Tim Hutton - 2011-08-11 16:51:08+0000 - Updated: 2011-08-11 16:51:42+0000

"I wrote sprintf in the summer of 1991. Linus needed some easy way to print messages from the kernel, and did not then know how to use the stdarg mechanism to implement variable argument lists to functions. I see some people in the audience shaking their heads. Yes, it's true. There was a time when Linus didn't know everything. Really. Trust me. I was there."

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