On 14/03/2026 07:21, c186282 wrote:
On 3/13/26 19:28, Pancho wrote:
On 3/13/26 21:49, Lawrence D’Oliveiro wrote:
On Fri, 13 Mar 2026 09:34:06 +0000, Pancho wrote:
I just don't want applications built on quicksand libraries.
Depending on someone else’s library saves you effort. But then someone
else has to maintain the library.
Yeah, I don't know what point you are making?
I sort of understand ... but, frankly, it is
totally impractical to do ALL of your own
code/libraries. 'C' came with a bunch, which
rapidly became more numerous. Good Programmers
wrote these and most serve VERY well for
decades.
I wrote libc and stdlib in assembler, from scratch.
My printf was a bit limited, I will admit
Other langs follow this same pattern. Unless
you're insane, and on huge doses of amphetamines,
it is just not practical to do it ALL yourself.
The original Unix boys did tho
Hey, wanna write big apps in ASM ? Kinda DID that
around the dawn of the PC era ... kinda fun then,
but would NOT wanna try it now. Shouldn't HAVE to.
Not heard of macro assembler?
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