12 Apr
2011
12 Apr
'11
6:35 p.m.
----- Original Message -----
From: "Dave McGuire" <mcguire at neurotica.com>
To: "General Discussion: On-Topic and Off-Topic Posts"
<cctalk at classiccmp.org>
Sent: Tuesday, April 12, 2011 6:02 PM
Subject: Re: Modern source projects (was Re: difference betweenQuick
compilers)
On 4/12/11 5:55 PM, Mike Loewen wrote:
Programmers learn to use what they have available. For old timers stuffing
code into 64KB was the goal because that is all they had to use, for people
just starting out it may be to use multiple cores and the GPU properly at
the same time. I used to love apps that would run from a single floppy, that
doesn't do much good these days when computers don't even have a floppy
drive anymore and removable media is in the GB range for the cheap low end
stuff.
There's something to be said for learning to
write code that had to fit
in 64KB (or less).
Absolutely.
<old fart>
These kids today, I just don't know..
</old fart>
-Dave
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Dave McGuire
Port Charlotte, FL