My Dad is a programmer and he worked mainly on mainframes. That had to flowchart everything and only had two compiles. i.e. One to find the bugs, and on the second one it had to work (because the mainframe time was that expensive)
I seem to recall his one accounting package he wrote was about 18KB in total. I don't even think the splash screen images from todays packages are as small as 18K ;) Angus From: Chris Chia <[email protected]<mailto:[email protected]>> Reply-To: "[email protected]<mailto:[email protected]>" <[email protected]<mailto:[email protected]>> Date: Tuesday 15 October 2013 12:37 PM To: "[email protected]<mailto:[email protected]>" <[email protected]<mailto:[email protected]>> Cc: "[email protected]<mailto:[email protected]>" <[email protected]<mailto:[email protected]>> Subject: Re: File size limit? Just imagine from those days with KB limit to the current 2GB limit... Salute to all for surviving all these crap issues in technology. Lol Chris On 15 Oct, 2013, at 3:34 PM, Raffaele Fragapane <[email protected]<mailto:[email protected]>> wrote: I wonder how many people had to look up who Stibitz was :) On Tue, Oct 15, 2013 at 5:28 PM, olivier jeannel <[email protected]<mailto:[email protected]>> wrote: This is not "these days", it's "once upon a time" :) Le 15/10/2013 06:52, Raffaele Fragapane a écrit : Where's Kim Aldis when you need him? His first computer was, allegedly, the product of a collaboration with George Stibitz. <table width="100%" border="0" cellspacing="0" cellpadding="0" style="width:100%;"> <tr> <td align="left" style="text-align:justify;"><font face="arial,sans-serif" size="1" color="#999999"><span style="font-size:11px;">This communication is intended for the addressee only. It is confidential. If you have received this communication in error, please notify us immediately and destroy the original message. You may not copy or disseminate this communication without the permission of the University. Only authorised signatories are competent to enter into agreements on behalf of the University and recipients are thus advised that the content of this message may not be legally binding on the University and may contain the personal views and opinions of the author, which are not necessarily the views and opinions of The University of the Witwatersrand, Johannesburg. All agreements between the University and outsiders are subject to South African Law unless the University agrees in writing to the contrary. </span></font></td> </tr> </table>
