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Re: When forth PC with way faster OS?

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From Rod Pemberton <NoHaveNotOne@bcczxcfre.cmm>
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Subject Re: When forth PC with way faster OS?
Date Fri, 1 Jan 2016 17:41:54 -0500
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On Fri, 1 Jan 2016 04:57:09 -0800 (PST)
Howerd <howerdo@yahoo.co.uk> wrote:

> On Friday, 1 January 2016 08:07:27 UTC, Rod Pemberton  wrote:

> > Who cares how much code is compiled for some C?  
> > Who cares how small or how dense code can be made?
>
> Me. 

Ok.

> > These are old ideologies no longer of any importance.   
>
> With all due respect, I don't agree.
> <rant>
> The purpose of human-readable source code is to be read and
> understood by humans. The more there is, the more work this requires,
> and the more possibilities there are for bugs to hide undetected.

Well, IMO, the purpose of source code is to tell the machine what
you want it to do for you.  That, of course, means "talking" to it
in a way it understands, i.e., "speaking" it's language.


Rod Pemberton

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  Re: When forth PC with way faster OS? Rod Pemberton <NoHaveNotOne@bcczxcfre.cmm> - 2016-01-01 03:07 -0500
    Re: When forth PC with way faster OS? Howerd <howerdo@yahoo.co.uk> - 2016-01-01 04:57 -0800
      Re: When forth PC with way faster OS? Rod Pemberton <NoHaveNotOne@bcczxcfre.cmm> - 2016-01-01 17:41 -0500
        Re: When forth PC with way faster OS? Julian Fondren <julian.fondren@gmail.com> - 2016-01-02 02:46 -0800
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          Re: When forth PC with way faster OS? Chris Curl <ccurl609@gmail.com> - 2016-01-07 05:19 -0800
            Re: When forth PC with way faster OS? visualforth@rocketmail.com - 2016-01-07 10:52 -0800
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            Re: When forth PC with way faster OS? visualforth@rocketmail.com - 2016-01-11 18:28 -0800
    Re: When forth PC with way faster OS? Whammo <sidciavic@gmail.com> - 2016-01-07 16:04 -0800
      Re: When forth PC with way faster OS? "WJ" <w_a_x_man@yahoo.com> - 2016-01-08 01:01 +0000
        Re: When forth PC with way faster OS? Whammo <sidciavic@gmail.com> - 2016-01-07 18:41 -0800
      Re: When forth PC with way faster OS? hughaguilar96@gmail.com - 2016-01-07 20:58 -0800
        Re: When forth PC with way faster OS? Rod Pemberton <NoHaveNotOne@bcczxcfre.cmm> - 2016-01-08 10:20 -0500

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