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| From | Jerry Peters <jerry@example.invalid> |
|---|---|
| Newsgroups | comp.misc |
| Subject | Re: Everything is broken |
| Date | 2015-04-10 20:11 +0000 |
| Organization | A noiseless patient Spider |
| Message-ID | <mg9api$a38$1@dont-email.me> (permalink) |
| References | (8 earlier) <9OBVw.288370$396.67792@fx12.am4> <mg771n$a0m$1@dont-email.me> <W1NVw.132865$oZ4.28937@fx38.am4> <mg8iep$8cn$2@dont-email.me> <l5RVw.187129$2P1.185877@fx21.am4> |
BartC <bc@freeuk.com> wrote: > On 10/04/2015 14:17, Dan Espen wrote: > >> Why do I comment on these threads? >> >> I object to blind criticism of everything. > > My criticism is usually justified. When something works well, then I > will praise it, but that doesn't happen often. > >> People work hard to do the best they can, but >> people have no problem denigrating other peoples hard >> work. >> >> It just bugs me. >> I think it's a sign of a sick culture. > > Let's take compilers as an example of where things have gotten a little > out of hand. > > I have a compiler for my own C-like language. It takes about 2 seconds > to compile all of it (using another of my languages which is /interpreted/). > > With the gcc compiler for C, I've heard various reports of 15 to 75 > /minutes/ for it to build itself. Last time I built gcc many years ago it compiled itself at least twice, perhaps 3 times (it was a long time ago). The idea IIRC, was to be sure it could compile itself correctly. ANd it's certainly grown larger and more complex since then, along with C itself of course.
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Everything is broken RS Wood <rsw@therandymon.com> - 2015-04-06 21:18 +0000
Re: Everything is broken Dan Espen <despen@verizon.net> - 2015-04-06 18:45 -0400
Re: Everything is broken BartC <bc@freeuk.com> - 2015-04-07 22:26 +0100
Re: Everything is broken Dario Niedermann <dnied@tiscali.it> - 2015-04-09 16:08 +0200
Re: Everything is broken Dan Espen <despen@verizon.net> - 2015-04-09 10:50 -0400
Re: Everything is broken Dario Niedermann <dnied@tiscali.it> - 2015-04-09 17:19 +0200
Re: Everything is broken Dan Espen <despen@verizon.net> - 2015-04-09 11:43 -0400
Re: Everything is broken BartC <bc@freeuk.com> - 2015-04-09 17:16 +0100
Re: Everything is broken Dan Espen <despen@verizon.net> - 2015-04-09 12:25 -0400
Re: Everything is broken BartC <bc@freeuk.com> - 2015-04-09 21:18 +0100
Re: Everything is broken Dan Espen <despen@verizon.net> - 2015-04-09 16:31 -0400
Re: Everything is broken BartC <bc@freeuk.com> - 2015-04-09 22:02 +0100
Re: Everything is broken Dan Espen <despen@verizon.net> - 2015-04-09 20:56 -0400
Re: Everything is broken BartC <bc@freeuk.com> - 2015-04-10 10:50 +0100
Re: Everything is broken Dan Espen <despen@verizon.net> - 2015-04-10 09:17 -0400
Re: Everything is broken BartC <bc@freeuk.com> - 2015-04-10 15:27 +0100
Re: Everything is broken Dan Espen <despen@verizon.net> - 2015-04-10 11:04 -0400
Re: Everything is broken BartC <bc@freeuk.com> - 2015-04-10 16:35 +0100
Re: Everything is broken Dan Espen <despen@verizon.net> - 2015-04-10 13:01 -0400
Re: Everything is broken BartC <bc@freeuk.com> - 2015-04-11 21:48 +0100
Re: Everything is broken Tim Streater <timstreater@greenbee.net> - 2015-04-11 22:22 +0100
Re: Everything is broken Dario Niedermann <dnied@tiscali.it> - 2015-04-12 16:44 +0200
Re: Everything is broken Tim Streater <timstreater@greenbee.net> - 2015-04-12 17:04 +0100
Re: Everything is broken Ben Bacarisse <ben.usenet@bsb.me.uk> - 2015-04-10 16:54 +0100
Re: Everything is broken BartC <bc@freeuk.com> - 2015-04-11 22:24 +0100
Re: Everything is broken Jerry Peters <jerry@example.invalid> - 2015-04-10 20:11 +0000
Re: Everything is broken Jerry Peters <jerry@example.invalid> - 2015-04-10 20:17 +0000
Re: Everything is broken Dan Espen <despen@verizon.net> - 2015-04-10 17:02 -0400
Re: Everything is broken Tim Streater <timstreater@greenbee.net> - 2015-04-10 22:53 +0100
Re: Everything is broken Dan Espen <despen@verizon.net> - 2015-04-10 17:55 -0400
Re: Everything is broken Michael Black <et472@ncf.ca> - 2015-04-12 13:52 -0400
Re: Everything is broken Tim Streater <timstreater@greenbee.net> - 2015-04-12 19:15 +0100
Re: Everything is broken Bob Eager <news0005@eager.cx> - 2015-04-12 19:23 +0000
Re: Everything is broken Michael Black <et472@ncf.ca> - 2015-04-12 23:30 -0400
Re: Everything is broken BartC <bc@freeuk.com> - 2015-04-13 10:34 +0100
Re: Everything is broken Jerry Peters <jerry@example.invalid> - 2015-04-13 20:08 +0000
Re: Everything is broken Bob Eager <news0005@eager.cx> - 2015-04-13 21:16 +0000
Re: Everything is broken Michael Black <et472@ncf.ca> - 2015-04-13 16:27 -0400
Re: Everything is broken Bob Eager <news0005@eager.cx> - 2015-04-10 14:43 +0000
Re: Everything is broken Dan Espen <despen@verizon.net> - 2015-04-10 11:08 -0400
Re: Everything is broken Rich <rich@example.invalid> - 2015-04-10 20:54 +0000
Re: Everything is broken Rich <rich@example.invalid> - 2015-04-10 01:56 +0000
Re: Everything is broken Hils <hils@saynotospam.net> - 2015-04-07 22:27 +0100
Re: Everything is broken Dan Espen <despen@verizon.net> - 2015-04-07 19:16 -0400
Re: Everything is broken Oregonian Haruspex <bob_davis_retired@yahoo.com> - 2015-04-09 19:11 -0700
Re: Everything is broken Oregonian Haruspex <bob_davis_retired@yahoo.com> - 2015-04-10 02:05 -0700
Re: Everything is broken Jerry Peters <jerry@example.invalid> - 2015-04-10 20:22 +0000
Re: Everything is broken Kees Nuyt <k.nuyt@nospam.demon.nl> - 2015-04-11 01:49 +0200
Re: Everything is broken Dan Espen <despen@verizon.net> - 2015-04-10 09:10 -0400
Re: Everything is broken Oregonian Haruspex <bob_davis_retired@yahoo.com> - 2015-04-10 13:57 -0700
Re: Everything is broken Dan Espen <despen@verizon.net> - 2015-04-10 17:14 -0400
Re: Everything is broken Oregonian Haruspex <bob_davis_retired@yahoo.com> - 2015-04-10 18:42 -0700
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