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Re: Linux Compile; Windows Byte Code

From	owl <owl@rooftop.invalid>
Newsgroups	comp.os.linux.advocacy
Subject	Re: Linux Compile; Windows Byte Code
Date	2016-02-17 00:59 +0000
Organization	O.W.L.
Message-ID	<fhug98d02.a0p@rooftop.invalid> (permalink)
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DFS <nospam@dfs.com> wrote:
> On 2/16/2016 6:42 PM, Fabian Russell wrote:
>> Microsoft Windows is so fscking wishy-washy in a number of ways.
>> But the pinnacle of MSFT asininity is that it distributes most
>> executables as byte code (or MSIL for Microsoft Intermediate
>> Language).
>>
>> Only after a program is loaded does it get translated into the
>> appropriate machine language (JIT), and the process is done piece by
>> fscking piece with many palpable lags.
> 
> 
> Which lags are you referring to?
> 
> Win8 and later are very fast OSes.
> 

Fastest unwanted OSes ever.

> MS Office is far more snappy than LibreOffice.
> 
> 

You misspelled far more crappy.

> 
> 
>> What an idiotic scheme, but yet it is so typical of MSFT.  But I suppose
>> that such schemes are necessary to not reveal their precious source
>> code.
> 
> Do you give your work away for free?  So why are you complaining, 
> hypocrite...
> 
> 
> 
>> (If Microsoft ever did publish its source code, it is most
>> certain that many would discover the overall design to be an atrocious
>> monstrosity with many, many egregious oversights.)
> 
> 
> "...the quality of the code is generally excellent. Modules are small, 
> and procedures generally fit on a single screen. The commenting is very 
> detailed about intentions, but doesn't fall into "add one to i" redundancy."
> 

Funnier in its entirety.

> http://www.kuro5hin.org/story/2004/2/15/71552/7795
>

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Linux Compile; Windows Byte Code Fabian Russell <fb@zen.info> - 2016-02-16 23:42 +0000
  Re: Linux Compile; Windows Byte Code DFS <nospam@dfs.com> - 2016-02-16 19:41 -0500
    Re: Linux Compile; Windows Byte Code owl <owl@rooftop.invalid> - 2016-02-17 00:59 +0000
      Re: Linux Compile; Windows Byte Code DFS <nospam@dfs.com> - 2016-02-17 20:40 -0500
        Re: Linux Compile; Windows Byte Code owl <owl@rooftop.invalid> - 2016-02-18 01:59 +0000
          Re: Linux Compile; Windows Byte Code DFS <nospam@dfs.com> - 2016-02-17 23:40 -0500
    Re: Linux Compile; Windows Byte Code Fabian Russell <fb@zen.info> - 2016-02-17 01:20 +0000
      Re: Linux Compile; Windows Byte Code Desk Rabbit <me@example.com> - 2016-02-17 12:38 +0000
        Re: Linux Compile; Windows Byte Code John Gohde <john.h.gohde@gmail.com> - 2016-02-17 04:52 -0800
        Re: Linux Compile; Windows Byte Code Fabian Russell <fb@zen.info> - 2016-02-17 22:57 +0000
      Re: Linux Compile; Windows Byte Code DFS <nospam@dfs.com> - 2016-02-17 20:38 -0500
        Re: Linux Compile; Windows Byte Code Fabian Russell <fb@zen.info> - 2016-02-18 10:31 +0000
          Re: Linux Compile; Windows Byte Code DFS <nospam@dfs.com> - 2016-02-19 09:26 -0500
            Re: Linux Compile; Windows Byte Code "Ezekiel" <zeke@nosuchemail.com> - 2016-02-19 11:29 -0500

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