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From: SAB121@psuvm.psu.edu
Newsgroups: comp.sys.apple2
Subject: Re: MacMusings
Message-ID: <90295.214849SAB121@psuvm.psu.edu>
Date: 23 Oct 90 01:48:49 GMT
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In article <139800043@uxa.cso.uiuc.edu>, wogg0743@uxa.cso.uiuc.edu says:
>
>By the way, ever notice that Apple IIe programs all take up less than 128k
>and yet somehow manage to be every bit as useful as Mac programs that
>get claustrophobia in systems smaller than 2 meg?
>

Yeah, I have noticed this. I thik maybe it's because the people who programmed
on the ][ series grew up with 16K-64K usable for the program. Therefore, they
were forced to write tight, efficient code. Plus, they weren't constrained
by having to use the stupid "DeskTop Environment" that is the only thing the
stupid Mac can use. Let's face it, I like the desktop on my GS, but text is the
only way to go for some things, especially if they require speed. Graphics are
nice, but there is such a thing as too much of a good thing.

The programmers out there now (yes, even some of the people that program for
my favorite, the GS) are starting to get pampered by the luxuries of having
19 bilion megabytes of memory. They seem to think that "oh well, maybe most
people can't use it now, but pretty soon they'll all have that much memory!"

As a side note, a former computer teacher of mine told me once (and this from
an ardent IBM and Mac user) that the only machine to learn to program on is
the ][ because once you've learned to program tight you usually keep it tight.

>Bill Gulstad
>
>
>(By the way, piss off your MacFriends by saying, "What do you mean, no text
>mode?  The things under warrentee, isn't it?  Have it fixed!  It's obviously
>defective!")
>
>
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