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From: V2057A%TEMPLEVM.BITNET@cornellc.cit.cornell.edu (Juan Jose Noyles)
Newsgroups: comp.os.minix
Subject: Re: Bloat costs
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Date: 9 Jun 90 19:57:29 GMT
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Brian, you sound like a freshman that just decided to stop cutting classes and
impress your friends with the new words you've learned.  There doesn't seem to
be any hint of experience in your tome.  Don't get me wrong, this isn't a per-
sonal flame, because I used to talk like that too.

You said a lot of trash that amounted to 'when everyone has big, fast machines,
who cares that we waste a few cycles doing nothing?  My big, fast machine won't
notice, and neither will my users.'  Wrong, dude.  If you'd been in class and
concentrated on understanding why a fast search on a slow machine beats the
pants off of a slow search on a fast one, you'd also understand why users are
always complaining about stupid programmers and the schools that graduate them.

There's a difference between efficiency and effectiveness.  I hope you learn it
before you graduate.