Linux Programmer

Don Harrop don@nis4u.com
Tue, 30 May 2000 12:31:18 -0700


> > \_ 1) I disagree with you on zero coding thing.
> > \_ You still code but instead of typing in the
> > \_ actual code you have to use point and click
> > \_ interface.  This is all nice and cool as long
> > \_ as you go back and optimize the generated
> > \_ code which no one does.  This is the exact way
> > \_ you end up with bunch of bloatware.
> > \_
> > \_
> > \_ How do you figure?
> > \_
> >
> > Generated code typically is very generalized and so prone to do lots
> > of things that it doesn't necessarily need to.
> >
>
> More important is the question of whether or not the bloat can be
tolerated.
> If you can live with it, then eliminating the bloat becomes an
unprofitable
> exercise in engineering.  Often the tradeoff between hardware and
> development costs favors buying brute-force capability.
>
>
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Aaah, force 'em to upgrade...  I betcha there's a lot of big-wigs that have
that same concept.  You gotta keep the money comming in somehow.  Right?

Don