Re: Bloat [was Re: arachne-digest V1 #1359

2000-12-08 Thread Robert Deering
On Fri, 08 Dec 2000 21:27:55 -0500, Glenn McCorkle wrote: > "True programmers" use: > copy con newprog.exe > type-in machine code > ^z > newprog.exe True DOS programmers know better. First you have to use a text editor that will accept the ESC (as in ctrl-c, so on) character to write a new comma

Re: Bloat [was Re: arachne-digest V1 #1359

2000-12-08 Thread Clarence Verge
Glenn McCorkle wrote: > > "True programmers" use: > copy con newprog.exe > type-in machine code > ^z > newprog.exe That only works for REALLY high level languages. TRUE programmers use: debug newprog.com e [enter hex digits all night] rcx w q newprog.com - Clarence Verge -- - Help st

Re: Bloat [was Re: arachne-digest V1 #1359

2000-12-08 Thread Glenn McCorkle
"True programmers" use: copy con newprog.exe type-in machine code ^z newprog.exe On Thu, 07 Dec 2000 20:09:50 -0500, L.D. Best wrote: > Dear Clarence, > On Thu, 07 Dec 2000 14:42:12 -0500, Clarence Verge wrote: >> The "C" programmers' philosophy: Just write until you can't think up any >> mo

Re: Bloat [was Re: arachne-digest V1 #1359

2000-12-08 Thread Glenn McCorkle
On Thu, 07 Dec 2000 21:31:18 -0500, Robert Deering wrote: > BTW, anyone know if the C-- folks ever got a compiler going? When they had finished all of the minuses... nothing was left. -- Glenn (your friendly neighborhood compu-nerd) http://arachne.cz/ http://www.delorie.com/list

Re: Bloat [was Re: arachne-digest V1 #1359

2000-12-08 Thread L.D. Best
Nah, don't think so ... On Thu, 07 Dec 2000 21:31:18 -0500, Robert Deering wrote: > BTW, anyone know if the C-- folks ever got a compiler going? ... they seem to stick to the BASICs. };> -- Join B'FOR - B'mothers For Open Records http://www.b-for.org "> B'FOR web site [Associate members o

Re: Bloat [was Re: arachne-digest V1 #1359

2000-12-08 Thread L.D. Best
Thank you, kind sir ... On Thu, 07 Dec 2000 20:37:01 -0500, Clarence Verge wrote: > However, in keeping with the spirit of the message, I shall henceforth refer > to "C+++" programmers instead of "C" programmers. And should you wish to learn the secrets of C, I'll give you the address for Mix,

Re: Bloat [was Re: arachne-digest V1 #1359

2000-12-07 Thread Robert Deering
On Thu, 07 Dec 2000 20:37:01 -0500, Clarence Verge wrote: > L.D. Best wrote: >> Dear Clarence, >> On Thu, 07 Dec 2000 14:42:12 -0500, Clarence Verge wrote: >> > The "C" programmers' philosophy: Just write until you can't think up any >> > more crap and let the hardware people figure out how t

Re: Bloat [was Re: arachne-digest V1 #1359

2000-12-07 Thread Clarence Verge
L.D. Best wrote: > > Dear Clarence, > > On Thu, 07 Dec 2000 14:42:12 -0500, Clarence Verge wrote: > > > The "C" programmers' philosophy: Just write until you can't think up any > > more crap and let the hardware people figure out how to make it run.:(( > > Please rethink that statement, or re

Bloat [was Re: arachne-digest V1 #1359

2000-12-07 Thread L.D. Best
Dear Clarence, On Thu, 07 Dec 2000 14:42:12 -0500, Clarence Verge wrote: > The "C" programmers' philosophy: Just write until you can't think up any > more crap and let the hardware people figure out how to make it run.:(( Please rethink that statement, or reword it "The Turbo-C ..." or "Borlan