Path: utzoo!utgpu!cunews!micor!latour!atronx!rwm
From: rwm@atronx.OCUnix.On.Ca (Russell McOrmond)
Newsgroups: comp.sys.amiga.programmer
Subject: Re: How are some programs SO DAMN SMALL!
Message-ID: <60883.666824904@atronx.OCUnix.On.Ca>
Date: Sun Feb 17 15:08:24 1991
Followup-To: comp.sys.amiga.programmer
In-Reply-To: dave@cs.arizona.edu (Dave P. Schaumann)

In a message posted on 14 Feb 91 22:56:38 GMT,
dave@cs.arizona.edu (Dave P. Schaumann) wrote:

DPS>>is the ``hello world'' program in Arexx. It's roughly 20 bytes long,
DPS>
DPS>Plus the size of Arexx.

And any 'C' example needs the O.S. as well, so we can all dis-agree until
we are blue ;-)

  The standard Startup Code on the Amiga is always larger than 20 bytes itself.

  Myself, I now consider Arexx to be PART of the O.S., and will be releasing
code this summer that will rely heavily on this O.S. resource (IE: Even in
a 'C' program I will use the REXX libraries to deal with strings for me. The
garbage Collector/etc is Great!)

  Why this summer and not now?  Because a majority of the people using the
software I write aren't running on an A3000, and aren't registered developers.

DPS>-- 
DPS>Dave Schaumann      | DANGER: Access holes may tear easily.  Use of the access
DPS>		    | holes for lifting or carrying may result in damage to the
DPS>dave@cs.arizona.edu | carton and subsequent injury to the user.

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