> Ok, so I'm a geek. What can I say? :) And for all of the rest of the geeks out there, try this links out:
http://www.256b.com/ There was another link out there about making the smalles possible LINUX executable - comparing the size of one generated with a C-compiler vs an NASM compiler vs building it by hand to be the smallest, but I can't find it .. > 230 simultaneous serial users plus 22 serial printers on a 75Mhz 486. > Funny how earlier the effort was borne on the programmer to be as efficient > as he could to make up for the deficiencies of the platform. Now-a-days, the > processors are so infinitely fast that they clearly cover up less efficient > programming. > Therefore, it's easy to forget how far we've come. You know, I was about to cheer your efficiency argument - since I *still* try to be as efficient as possible regardless of the platform that I'm on, but then you went and shot yourself in the foot ;) The server I'm working on is IMHO *very* fast, but we run on SB+, which makes it extremely easy to do tons of extra reads than are actually necessary .. I've also got a few programmers who don't quite understand the downside and performance implications of large DYNAMIC arrays .. Ce la vie .. ------- u2-users mailing list [EMAIL PROTECTED] To unsubscribe please visit http://listserver.u2ug.org/
