I wasn't saying it's useless, I'm just saying that it's very kind of him to post this for people that will want to have a look at Linux programming.
I just don't think I'll ever use it myself.
So good job Chickenman.
Try to write more of these, especially for those begginers here in Abandonia.
Maybe a begginer's general all purpose C++ next?
Data, your posts have a cold and lifeless quality to them.
Not as an insult, but I feel strangely empty whenever I read what you have to say.