CompuServe Thread

Intuition Structures

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#12870From: steve polingNov 16, 1985 1:02 AM
AUE CONTRAIR. ONE WOULD END UP LEARNING MUCH MUCH MORE ABOUT THE AMIGA BY LEARNING EXACTLY WHAT YOU NEEDED TO INCLUDE AND EXACTLY WHAT YOU COULD GET AWAY WITHOUT. I AGREE WITH YOU, HOWEVER. ONE DOES NOT WANT TO DO _MAIN() UNLESS ONE HAS AN AXE TO GRIND. FOR ME IT WAS TWO VMS PROGRAMS WHICH WERE IN C AND FORTRAN. THE C PROGRAM TOOK AN ORDER OF MAGNITUDE MORE CODE SIZE. WHY? ALL THE RUN TIME SUPPORT THAT I DIDN'T NEED TO DO THE JOB. THERE ARE INDEED BETTER WAYS TO LEARN C THAN TRYING TO FOX A FEW BYTES OF CODE OUT OF A COMPILER. SDP Enter command, N for next message or <CR> for menu : n