11 Nov
2005
11 Nov
'05
04:07
James, On Thursday 10 November 2005 18:18, James Knott wrote:
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About 10 years ago, someone wanted a DOS utility that would simply exit with a 0 return code. I did it in 5 bytes, using debug. With Turbo C, it took a few K bytes.
So what? That tells us nothing about how real designs are made efficient. The programs we use all day long every day are not trivial "exit with fixed status" programs, they're large, complex systems that absolutely demand refined designs comprising multiple independent, often reusable components: kernel modules, drivers, libraries (lots of 'em), utilities, servers, daemons, plug-ins etc. Randall Schulz