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In computer programming, indentation style is a convention, a.k.a. style, governing the indentation of blocks of source code.An indentation style generally involves consistent width of whitespace (indentation size) before each line of a block, so that the lines of code appear to be related, and dictates whether to use space or tab characters for the indentation whitespace.
Whitesmiths Ltd. was a software company founded in New York City by P. J. Plauger, Mark Krieger and Gabriel Pham, [1] and last located in Westford, Massachusetts. It sold a Unix-like operating system called Idris , as well as the first commercial C compiler , Whitesmiths C .
A whitesmith is a metalworker who does finishing work on iron and steel such as filing, lathing, burnishing or polishing. [ 1 ] [ 2 ] [ 3 ] The term also refers to a person who works with "white" or light-coloured metals , and is sometimes used as a synonym for tinsmith .
Phillip James (P.J. or Bill) Plauger [2] (/ ˈ p i ˌ dʒ eɪ ˈ p l ɔː ɡ ər /; born January 13, 1944, Petersburg, West Virginia) is an author, entrepreneur and computer programmer.He has written and co-written articles and books about programming style, software tools, and the C programming language, as well as works of science fiction.
In 1908, the Amalgamated Society of Whitesmiths, Domestic Engineers and General Pipe Fitters and the Birmingham Society of Hot Water and Steam Engineers merged into the union, which changed its name to the National Union of Operative Heating and Domestic Engineers, Whitesmiths and General Iron Workers.
The tinsmith learned his trade, like many other artisans, by serving an apprenticeship of 4 to 6 years with a master tinsmith. Apprenticeships were considered "indentures" and an apprentice would start first with simply cleaning the shop, polishing tools, keeping the fires lit, filing sharp edges, and polishing finished pieces.
Matthias W. Baldwin, the founder, was a jeweler and whitesmith, [2] who, in 1825, formed a partnership with machinist David H. Mason, and began making bookbinders' tools and cylinders for calico printing. Baldwin then designed and constructed a small stationary steam engine for his own use.
Old Style, later referred to as modernised old style, was the name given to a series of serif typefaces cut from the mid-nineteenth century and sold by the type foundry Miller & Richard, of Edinburgh in Scotland. It was a standard typeface in Britain for literary and prestigious printing in the second half of the nineteenth century and the ...