On Fri, Jun 16, 2023, 2:52 PM Paul Koning via cctalk <cctalk@classiccmp.org>
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> > On Jun 16, 2023, at 3:40 PM, Chuck Guzis via cctalk <
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> > On 6/16/23 12:02, ben via cctalk wrote:
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> >> Ken , Jobs and  Wozniak need their fair share.
> >> Graphics and file system buffers take up more
> >> space than you expect.
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> > I just transferred a DC150 tar tape.  Total (uncompressed) file size was
> > 11MB.  What was on it?  The complete source to Linux 1.0.
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> Somewhat earlier, the complete source for the RSTS-11 timesharing system
> fit on 5 DECtapes, 1.5 MB.  And that was assembly language, exhaustively
> commented.


Precisely. Let's not forget the real enemy here.  Commenting our code. ;-)

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