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Re: Project review

From David Brown <david.brown@hesbynett.no>
Newsgroups comp.lang.c++
Subject Re: Project review
Date 2019-09-13 09:29 +0200
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On 13/09/2019 05:31, Ian Collins wrote:
> On 13/09/2019 08:03, Scott Lurndal wrote:
>> woodbrian77@gmail.com writes:
>>> On Thursday, September 12, 2019 at 12:06:32 PM UTC-5, Scott Lurndal
>>> wrote:
>>>> woodbrian77@gmail.com writes:
>>>>> On Thursday, September 12, 2019 at 1:10:32 AM UTC-5, =C3=96=C3=B6
>>>>> Tiib wrot=
>>>>
>>>>> I built my software yesterday on Linux 5 with Gcc 9.2 for=20
>>>>> the first time.  This combo produced the smallest versions=20
>>>>> of my executables to date.
>>>>
>>>> Executable size is a useless metric.  Why do you think it is
>>>> either useful or interesting?
>>>
>>> https://duckduckgo.com/?q=mark+cppnow+vmware&t=h_&ia=videos&iax=videos&iai=vGV5u1nxqd8
>>>
>>
>> If you can't explain it in your own words, fine.  I've no interest
>> in watching some random video
> The video is interesting and probably (it's a presentation by Mark Zeren
> from VmWare) relevant to your work.  He does make a strong case for
> measuring executable size as a measure of code complexity.  Saying that,
> it has no relevance to comparative compiler code sizes...
> 

Scott did not say the video was not interesting or relevant - he said he
had no interest in watching an unknown video link.  Remember who posted
that link - /I/ certainly would not bother clicking on it, given Brian's
history.

What Brian should have done is answered Scott's question:

"""
I think executable size is important because it gives better I-cache hit
rates, or because it makes coverage testing easier, or because my
customers have dial-up modems, etc.  This video by famous person Mark
Zeren from VmWare explains more:

<https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=vGV5u1nxqd8>
"""

(Note the link is the proper link, not an advert for Brian's favourite
search engine.)


Personally, I still wouldn't watch the video, because I don't find video
to be a useful medium for that kind of thing.  But that's just me -
other people like them.

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Project review woodbrian77@gmail.com - 2019-09-10 20:00 -0700
  Re: Project review Öö Tiib <ootiib@hot.ee> - 2019-09-10 23:38 -0700
    Re: Project review woodbrian77@gmail.com - 2019-09-11 19:44 -0700
      Re: Project review Öö Tiib <ootiib@hot.ee> - 2019-09-11 23:10 -0700
        Re: Project review woodbrian77@gmail.com - 2019-09-12 09:36 -0700
          Re: Project review scott@slp53.sl.home (Scott Lurndal) - 2019-09-12 17:06 +0000
            Re: Project review woodbrian77@gmail.com - 2019-09-12 10:53 -0700
              Re: Project review scott@slp53.sl.home (Scott Lurndal) - 2019-09-12 20:03 +0000
                Re: Project review "Rick C. Hodgin" <rick.c.hodgin@gmail.com> - 2019-09-12 16:14 -0400
                Re: Project review Ian Collins <ian-news@hotmail.com> - 2019-09-13 15:31 +1200
                Re: Project review David Brown <david.brown@hesbynett.no> - 2019-09-13 09:29 +0200
                Re: Project review Ian Collins <ian-news@hotmail.com> - 2019-09-13 19:45 +1200
                Re: Project review David Brown <david.brown@hesbynett.no> - 2019-09-13 10:22 +0200
                Re: Project review scott@slp53.sl.home (Scott Lurndal) - 2019-09-13 13:07 +0000
                Re: Project review David Brown <david.brown@hesbynett.no> - 2019-09-13 15:30 +0200
                Re: Project review Mr Flibble <flibble@i42.removethisbit.co.uk> - 2019-09-13 14:18 +0100
                Re: Project review woodbrian77@gmail.com - 2019-09-13 07:32 -0700
                Re: Project review David Brown <david.brown@hesbynett.no> - 2019-09-14 13:34 +0200
          Re: Project review Öö Tiib <ootiib@hot.ee> - 2019-09-12 23:28 -0700
            Re: Project review woodbrian77@gmail.com - 2019-09-13 21:21 -0700
  Re: Project review Mr Flibble <flibble@i42.removethisbit.co.uk> - 2019-09-11 15:49 +0100
    Re: Project review rick.c.hodgin@gmail.com - 2019-09-11 08:08 -0700
      Re: Project review Mr Flibble <flibble@i42.removethisbit.co.uk> - 2019-09-11 17:17 +0100
  Re: Project review Szyk Cech <szykcech@spoko.pl> - 2019-09-12 20:22 +0200
    Re: Project review Szyk Cech <szykcech@spoko.pl> - 2019-09-12 20:24 +0200
    Re: Project review woodbrian77@gmail.com - 2019-09-12 17:53 -0700

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