So-Called Real Programmers and FORTRAN

From: Glen Goodwin <acme_ent_at_bellsouth.net>
Date: Mon May 6 23:35:20 2002

> From: Ben Franchuk <bfranchuk_at_jetnet.ab.ca>

> I think small and clean ( bootstrap able too is handy) languages are few
> and far between. C was that at one time, but not any more. While I don't
> expect complers to run in 64kb I think 64 Meg is far too much bloat.

So, use an older C compiler. I still use Turbo C++ 1.0. The C++
implementation sucks, but for "real" C code under MS-DOS, it still kicks
ass, and runs in 640 Kb. I wish I had something as good for CP/M-86 :>(

Glen
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