I s'pose I am too really, in a "oh no, not again" kind of way. It's interesting that you say
> Mainframe OS (in the dark ages) were concerned with > conservation of resources. > Actually, all programming was concerned with conservation of > resources, because most of the (admittedly little) mainframe *programs* I saw seemed to be an *incredible* waste of programming resources. The thing that caught my eye most being the lack of subroutines (ie "libraries" I s'pose) and hence identical sections of code dropped into multiple places, a maintenance nightmare. Watching ex-mainframe developers replicate that on PC's was a truly frightening experience. The progress of the PC seems to have avoided that particular tank- trap, but has gone towards incredible bloat (I know, no-one is surprised) due to the availability of resources, as you(s) say. Nice that it's a different problem I s'pose... Mark Stanton One small step for mankind... _______________________________________________ Post Messages to: [email protected] Subscription Maintenance: http://leafe.com/mailman/listinfo/profox OT-free version of this list: http://leafe.com/mailman/listinfo/profoxtech ** All postings, unless explicitly stated otherwise, are the opinions of the author, and do not constitute legal or medical advice. This statement is added to the messages for those lawyers who are too stupid to see the obvious.
