On Sun, 26 Apr 1998, James Turner wrote:
>> Bad memory, I'd tell you but the post.queensu.ca archive doesn't search at
>> the moment. So send your $40 to mudservices or mud.gator and get yourself
>> a K6 or Pentium II. I'll keep running it on my 486/50 laptop also.
>
>Again, you misread their site.
I never said the Pentium II was dedicated.
The End:
I have come to the conclusion that you, my dear sir, are petty to a fault
and reiterate the same arguments over and over. I am all in favor of making
changes with people who will admit when they are wrong, but you shall
never, I see.
And if you believe I have never admitted I am wrong, I have said that:
1) macros have their limits, you just have to know them. As in, there are
some cases of macros that could be functions (CAN_SEE for example)
2) not everyone has as good a system as I, though some have better, and I
do still have my 486/50 after all.
3) That speed is not everything, sometimes features outweigh their
slowdown.
4) That speed matters when it doesn't complicate the code unnecessarily.
* So in the case of threads, their use would outweigh the speed penalty.
(Of course, assuming we properly implement them so they have their full
advantages.)
* ASCII pfiles far outweigh any (trivial) performance penalty.
* Converting all macros to functions _does_not_ outweigh the performance
penalty because they have scarce advantages over macros.
Now then, I shall cease this useless chatter until you have some new facts
to support your argument or bring up another worthy topic.
I hope everyone else will wait for new developments also.
--
George Greer - Me@Null.net | Genius may have its limitations, but stupidity
http://www.van.ml.org/~greerga | is not thus handicapped. -- Elbert Hubbard
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