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I'll be at the Linux Foundation Collaboration Summit , 14-16 April in San Francisco.
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Have you ever wondered how the Linux kernel is tested?
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As was pointed out to us stable kernel maintainers last week, the overflow of the .y release number was going to happen soon, and our proposed solution for it (use 16 bits instead of 8), turns out to be breaking a userspace-visable api. As we can't really break this, I did a release of the 4.4.256 and 4.9.256 releases today that contain nothing but a new version number. See the links for the full technical details if curious.
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[AI summary] The text provides an in-depth overview of the history, design, and evolution of the C programming language. It discusses the origins of C, its development from the B language, and key contributions by Dennis Ritchie and others. The text also covers the standardization process, notable features of C, and its impact on modern programming. It includes references to important publications and historical documents.
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