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11 Oct 2024 17:47:43 EDT (-0400)
  Re: RIP Gary Gygax  
From: Jim Henderson
Date: 9 Mar 2008 23:46:24
Message: <47d4bd20$1@news.povray.org>
On Sun, 09 Mar 2008 18:17:45 -0500, nemesis wrote:

> Jim Henderson <nos### [at] nospamcom> wrote:
>> The problem is that much of our "modern" software includes features
>> that no sane user wants to use.
> 
> it's not just feature bloat: the sheer number of code libraries and
> multiple layers of indirection given modern programming environments is
> a huge factor for slowness.  Thus, hardware gets faster and faster and
> software bloated and bloated.  For us, it's always about the same.

Yep, that's kinda my point. :-)

Jim


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