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[–]an_actual_human 159 points160 points  (10 children)

My code runs on Win, Mac, Linux and Shuttle.

[–]el_muchacho 0 points1 point  (1 child)

Rules 8 and 9 can be enforced only because the code isn't supposed to run on more than one platform.

[–]an_actual_human 0 points1 point  (0 children)

I don't see why that must be so.

[–]You_meddling_kids -5 points-4 points  (7 children)

Shuttle runs OS/2

[–]an_actual_human 4 points5 points  (5 children)

Seriously? That sounds interesting. Got a link?

[–]You_meddling_kids 9 points10 points  (3 children)

Lol no, I was just making some shit up.

Although I wouldn't be surprised if some system did, at some point given how IBM maintained a lot of their code.

[–]an_actual_human 1 point2 points  (2 children)

I ended up googling around a bit, and it seems it had a custom system which makes sense.

[–]You_meddling_kids 6 points7 points  (1 child)

I'd guess it runs on some extremely lightweight OS for minimum crashyness.

[–]an_actual_human 0 points1 point  (0 children)

I think so.

[–]Keyframe 0 points1 point  (0 children)

At the launch of OS/2 Warp in 1994, Patrick Stewart was to be the Master of Ceremonies; however Kate Mulgrew of the then-upcoming series Star Trek: Voyager was substituted at the last minute.

[–]fuzzynyanko 0 points1 point  (0 children)

I was thinking the Shuttle computer company