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Subject: Re: Suggested method for returning a string from a C program?
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On 25/03/2025 08:40, Muttley@DastardlyHQ.org wrote:


>> For that matter, why do YOU use a makefile when your full build is only
>> 0.8 seconds?
> 
> Modularising code is far more than just about compilation speed which you'd
> know if you had anything approaching a clue.

You can modularise code without also needing a makefile!


>> Fast compilers and also whole-program compilers open up lots of new
>> possibilities. But clearly you're quite happy being stuck in the stone age.
> 
> The stone age is where they used one huge source file for a program.

Maybe they also used one huge binary for a program.

You're either fucking stupid or an incredibly successful troll.

No matter how many facts you're given you ignore the ones you don't like 
and twist things around to make some smart-ass comment.