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Subject Re: VMS
Date 24 Jul 2025 18:05:51 GMT
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On Thu, 24 Jul 2025 14:42:56 GMT, Charlie Gibbs wrote:

> On 2025-07-23, John Ames <commodorejohn@gmail.com> wrote:
> 
>> On Wed, 23 Jul 2025 21:53:47 +0100 Pancho <Pancho.Jones@protonmail.com>
>> wrote:
>>
>>> If n is small, it probably isn't worth the time thinking about it, so
>>> you just allocate n^2 elements. There is nothing superstitious or
>>> dangerous about this. It just recognises that the extra coding time is
>>> not worth the memory cost.
>>
>> That's fair enough - but it's also not what was being discussed. This
>> branch of the discussion started off, specifically, with the suggestion
>> that allocating extra was a helpful ward against running off the end of
>> a buffer/array and stomping on the next allocation, which it really,
>> really isn't.
> 
> https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Cargo_cult_programming

The intersection of cargo cult and vibe programming should be able to 
generate a mass of unmaintainable crap that makes the sins of my 
generation look benign.

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Mondo_Cane

That's a very strange '60s movie with footage of the mock runways and 
control tower the cultist built. During the war planes with good stuff 
landed at the nearby airport and the natives figured if they built one 
planes with good stuff would come.

The theme from the movie made the charts too.

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=yBj9KMQ2BNs

If you can find it it's a fun excursion into the weird.

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Re: VMS Rich <rich@example.invalid> - 2025-07-20 14:37 +0000
  Re: VMS Richard Kettlewell <invalid@invalid.invalid> - 2025-07-21 08:42 +0100
    Re: VMS John Ames <commodorejohn@gmail.com> - 2025-07-21 09:12 -0700
      Re: VMS Pancho <Pancho.Jones@protonmail.com> - 2025-07-21 18:44 +0100
      Re: VMS Richard Kettlewell <invalid@invalid.invalid> - 2025-07-21 20:47 +0100
        Re: VMS John Ames <commodorejohn@gmail.com> - 2025-07-21 13:31 -0700
          Re: VMS Pancho <Pancho.Jones@protonmail.com> - 2025-07-23 07:22 +0100
            Re: VMS John Ames <commodorejohn@gmail.com> - 2025-07-23 08:04 -0700
              Re: VMS John Ames <commodorejohn@gmail.com> - 2025-07-23 08:44 -0700
              Re: VMS The Natural Philosopher <tnp@invalid.invalid> - 2025-07-23 20:04 +0100
                Re: VMS rbowman <bowman@montana.com> - 2025-07-23 22:47 +0000
                Re: VMS The Natural Philosopher <tnp@invalid.invalid> - 2025-07-24 09:56 +0100
              Re: VMS Pancho <Pancho.Jones@protonmail.com> - 2025-07-23 21:53 +0100
                Re: VMS John Ames <commodorejohn@gmail.com> - 2025-07-23 14:28 -0700
                Re: VMS Pancho <Pancho.Jones@protonmail.com> - 2025-07-24 00:29 +0100
                Re: VMS John Ames <commodorejohn@gmail.com> - 2025-07-24 08:05 -0700
                Re: VMS Richard Kettlewell <invalid@invalid.invalid> - 2025-07-24 21:51 +0100
                Re: VMS John Ames <commodorejohn@gmail.com> - 2025-07-24 15:06 -0700
                Re: VMS Pancho <Pancho.Jones@protonmail.com> - 2025-07-25 07:06 +0100
                Re: VMS John Ames <commodorejohn@gmail.com> - 2025-07-25 10:39 -0700
                Re: VMS Pancho <Pancho.Jones@protonmail.com> - 2025-07-26 17:54 +0100
                Re: VMS The Natural Philosopher <tnp@invalid.invalid> - 2025-07-26 18:02 +0100
                Re: VMS Robert Riches <spamtrap42@jacob21819.net> - 2025-07-27 04:04 +0000
                Re: VMS c186282 <c186282@nnada.net> - 2025-07-27 01:50 -0400
                Re: VMS The Natural Philosopher <tnp@invalid.invalid> - 2025-07-27 12:07 +0100
                Re: VMS Pancho <Pancho.Jones@protonmail.com> - 2025-07-27 10:23 +0100
                Re: VMS Richard Kettlewell <invalid@invalid.invalid> - 2025-07-27 10:55 +0100
                Re: VMS c186282 <c186282@nnada.net> - 2025-07-27 21:23 -0400
                Re: VMS rbowman <bowman@montana.com> - 2025-07-28 04:45 +0000
                Re: VMS c186282 <c186282@nnada.net> - 2025-07-28 02:14 -0400
                Re: VMS The Natural Philosopher <tnp@invalid.invalid> - 2025-07-28 13:48 +0100
                Re: VMS rbowman <bowman@montana.com> - 2025-07-28 20:38 +0000
                Re: VMS rbowman <bowman@montana.com> - 2025-07-28 20:32 +0000
                Re: VMS Bobbie Sellers <bliss-sf4ever@dslextreme.com> - 2025-07-28 14:17 -0700
                Re: VMS rbowman <bowman@montana.com> - 2025-07-29 05:08 +0000
                Re: VMS The Natural Philosopher <tnp@invalid.invalid> - 2025-07-28 13:44 +0100
                Re: VMS The Natural Philosopher <tnp@invalid.invalid> - 2025-07-28 13:39 +0100
                Re: VMS Lawrence D'Oliveiro <ldo@nz.invalid> - 2025-07-29 01:03 +0000
                Re: VMS rbowman <bowman@montana.com> - 2025-07-29 05:29 +0000
                Re: VMS The Natural Philosopher <tnp@invalid.invalid> - 2025-07-29 11:42 +0100
                Re: VMS rbowman <bowman@montana.com> - 2025-07-29 19:16 +0000
                Re: VMS Pancho <Pancho.Jones@protonmail.com> - 2025-07-29 12:10 +0100
                Re: VMS The Natural Philosopher <tnp@invalid.invalid> - 2025-07-29 13:08 +0100
                Re: VMS Bobbie Sellers <bliss-sf4ever@dslextreme.com> - 2025-07-29 09:51 -0700
                Re: VMS rbowman <bowman@montana.com> - 2025-07-29 18:53 +0000
                Re: VMS c186282 <c186282@nnada.net> - 2025-07-29 04:51 -0400
                Re: VMS Rich <rich@example.invalid> - 2025-07-29 13:32 +0000
                Re: VMS John Ames <commodorejohn@gmail.com> - 2025-07-28 09:22 -0700
                Re: VMS The Natural Philosopher <tnp@invalid.invalid> - 2025-07-27 12:11 +0100
                Re: VMS Lawrence D'Oliveiro <ldo@nz.invalid> - 2025-07-27 22:02 +0000
                Re: VMS rbowman <bowman@montana.com> - 2025-07-28 04:58 +0000
                Re: VMS Stéphane CARPENTIER <sc@fiat-linux.fr> - 2025-08-01 19:13 +0000
                Re: VMS Lew Pitcher <lew.pitcher@digitalfreehold.ca> - 2025-08-01 20:38 +0000
                Re: VMS Lawrence D'Oliveiro <ldo@nz.invalid> - 2025-08-02 00:01 +0000
                Re: VMS c186282 <c186282@nnada.net> - 2025-08-02 02:24 -0400
                Re: VMS Pancho <Pancho.Jones@protonmail.com> - 2025-08-02 11:34 +0100
                Re: VMS c186282 <c186282@nnada.net> - 2025-08-02 21:02 -0400
                Re: VMS Lawrence D'Oliveiro <ldo@nz.invalid> - 2025-08-03 02:08 +0000
                Re: VMS c186282 <c186282@nnada.net> - 2025-08-03 01:00 -0400
                Re: VMS c186282 <c186282@nnada.net> - 2025-07-27 21:31 -0400
                Re: VMS rbowman <bowman@montana.com> - 2025-07-28 05:03 +0000
                Re: VMS c186282 <c186282@nnada.net> - 2025-07-28 02:19 -0400
                Re: VMS c186282 <c186282@nnada.net> - 2025-07-27 21:09 -0400
                Re: VMS John Ames <commodorejohn@gmail.com> - 2025-07-28 10:17 -0700
                Re: VMS rbowman <bowman@montana.com> - 2025-07-28 20:46 +0000
                Re: VMS John Ames <commodorejohn@gmail.com> - 2025-07-28 14:34 -0700
                Re: VMS Charlie Gibbs <cgibbs@kltpzyxm.invalid> - 2025-07-28 16:34 +0000
                Re: VMS rbowman <bowman@montana.com> - 2025-07-28 20:48 +0000
                Re: VMS Lawrence D'Oliveiro <ldo@nz.invalid> - 2025-07-29 01:00 +0000
                Re: VMS Pancho <Pancho.Jones@protonmail.com> - 2025-07-29 10:07 +0100
                Re: VMS Lawrence D'Oliveiro <ldo@nz.invalid> - 2025-07-29 23:05 +0000
                Re: VMS c186282 <c186282@nnada.net> - 2025-07-30 02:43 -0400
                Re: VMS Andreas Eder <a_eder_muc@web.de> - 2025-08-02 18:11 +0200
                Re: VMS Charlie Gibbs <cgibbs@kltpzyxm.invalid> - 2025-07-24 14:42 +0000
                Re: VMS rbowman <bowman@montana.com> - 2025-07-24 18:05 +0000
                Re: VMS John Ames <commodorejohn@gmail.com> - 2025-07-24 11:14 -0700
                Re: VMS rbowman <bowman@montana.com> - 2025-07-24 23:10 +0000
                Re: VMS Lawrence D'Oliveiro <ldo@nz.invalid> - 2025-07-24 21:16 +0000
                Re: VMS rbowman <bowman@montana.com> - 2025-07-24 23:21 +0000
        Re: VMS John Ames <commodorejohn@gmail.com> - 2025-07-21 14:05 -0700
        Re: VMS Charlie Gibbs <cgibbs@kltpzyxm.invalid> - 2025-07-21 21:14 +0000
          Re: VMS The Natural Philosopher <tnp@invalid.invalid> - 2025-07-21 22:19 +0100
          Re: VMS rbowman <bowman@montana.com> - 2025-07-22 02:10 +0000

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