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11 Oct 2024 17:46:50 EDT (-0400)
  Re: RIP Gary Gygax  
From: nemesis
Date: 9 Mar 2008 18:20:00
Message: <web.47d470198e4d29d23dfd766b0@news.povray.org>
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.


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