Path: csiph.com!v102.xanadu-bbs.net!xanadu-bbs.net!feeder.erje.net!us.feeder.erje.net!newsfeed.straub-nv.de!news-1.dfn.de!news.dfn.de!news.informatik.hu-berlin.de!fu-berlin.de!uni-berlin.de!individual.net!not-for-mail From: "Paul E. Bennett" Newsgroups: comp.lang.forth Subject: Re: structure and interpretation of computer programs exercsie 1.3 in forth Followup-To: comp.lang.forth Date: Wed, 23 Jan 2013 23:05:37 +0000 Organization: Hidecs Consultancy Lines: 24 Message-ID: References: <3242f719-8f64-4c56-bd2e-39579f7bab60@i1g2000vbp.googlegroups.com> <3381911.3ZU4d4d4Dr@sunwukong.fritz.box> <50fbc356$0$6565$9b4e6d93@newsspool4.arcor-online.net> <7x7gn8i13t.fsf@ruckus.brouhaha.com> <2013Jan21.181417@mips.complang.tuwien.ac.at> <7x622otedn.fsf@ruckus.brouhaha.com> <2013Jan23.162039@mips.complang.tuwien.ac.at> <7xwqv3renz.fsf@ruckus.brouhaha.com> Reply-To: Paul_E.Bennett@topmail.co.uk Mime-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: text/plain; charset="US-ASCII" Content-Transfer-Encoding: 7Bit X-Trace: individual.net OjicdacCUlukUIMm6XqCbgJP07YwP1gCM5kaaTe48O9aK8X4pa3lRwxwTGcq9/t/oC Cancel-Lock: sha1:Ihh3kfUVzT7vcM80xh8z2puS7b8= Mail-Copies-To: Paul_E.Bennett@topmail.co.uk User-Agent: KNode/0.99.01 Xref: csiph.com comp.lang.forth:19062 Paul Rubin wrote: > anton@mips.complang.tuwien.ac.at (Anton Ertl) writes: >> In any case, most of the time is spent understanding the machine and >> writing code, and faster computers don't help much with that. > > But it really does, especially when "bigger" comes along with "faster". > You no longer have to spend so much time on low level programming to > save bits or cycles. Chuck presumably wouldn't approve, but think of > the availability of garbage collection as a benefit of having more > memory. Try not generating the garbage in the first place. It makes life a whole lot easier. -- ******************************************************************** Paul E. Bennett............... Forth based HIDECS Consultancy Mob: +44 (0)7811-639972 Tel: +44 (0)1235-510979 Going Forth Safely ..... EBA. www.electric-boat-association.org.uk.. ********************************************************************