Author: Jim Phillips
Date: 21:35:00 10/18/98
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On October 17, 1998 at 22:21:36, Albert Silver wrote: (big snip...) >.... Another question will then arise: Now that I have this computer the >size of a planet, I need a program to take advantage of it. .... (another big snip...) Hi Albert, Interesting post. I have a comment to make about the above snippet, and I am only half-joking: When we have this planet-sized computer in the year 2098 (or whenever) we will also have Windows2098, which will eat up a huge amount of the hard drive, take 2 minutes to boot up and require 2 Terabytes of RAM to do it. :^) This is the fault of many programmers today; they get lazy because they have so much power at their disposal. I consider chess programmers to be an exception because they are pushing an envelope; that's one reason computer chess appeals to me. I think it's important for any programmer to always write source code as if he/she is a little bit short on CPU speed. Otherwise we'll see the day when this appears on the screen of our planet-sized computer: "Warning: System short 35 BazillionBytes of RAM. Program MakeNewSun will not load. Eurasia deleted." 8^D -Jim Phillips
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