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From: Lawrence D'Oliveiro <ldo@nz.invalid>
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Subject: Re: The joy of FORTH (not)
Date: Tue, 22 Oct 2024 20:52:22 -0000 (UTC)
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On Tue, 22 Oct 2024 09:59:31 -0700, John Ames wrote:

> Which, sure, beefy microcontrollers with comparatively spacious memory
> loadouts are cheaper than ever, but less luxurious ones are cheaper
> still - and a byte saved is, as always, a byte earned ;)

How much of your time did it take to save that byte?

Think of how many bytes you would need to save per hour of your time, to 
make it worthwhile to whoever is paying for that time.