30 Oct
2011
30 Oct
'11
5:22 p.m.
On 30/10/11 6:39 PM, arcarlini at iee.org wrote:
Toby Thain [toby at telegraphics.com.au] wrote:
But of course it isn't even an exception. It fits the rule perfectly:
'Test on what people actually use, not on what was purchased arbitrarily
for whiny developers.'
If nobody used anything less than a 2011 PC, the problem wouldn't exist. :)
--T
On 30/10/11 12:09 PM, arcarlini at iee.org wrote:
Ours is just big.
There must be plenty of projects where a
top-level build
takes quite a
while.
Sometimes due to incompetent build systems (in my
experience). I am sure
you've seen this Makefile more than once:
exe :<about two hundred .c files>
$(CC) -o $@ $^ That's a thoroughly valid exception, indeed.
The embedded/dedicated hardware stuff isn't an exception - it's most of
my career :-)