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From: Malcolm McLean <malcolm.arthur.mclean@gmail.com>
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Subject: Re: Baby X is bor nagain
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On 12/06/2024 22:29, Michael S wrote:
> On Wed, 12 Jun 2024 15:46:44 +0200
> David Brown <david.brown@hesbynett.no> wrote:
> 
>>
>> I also don't imagine that string literals would be much faster for
>> compilation, at least for file sizes that I think make sense.
> 
> Just shows how little do you know about internals of typical compiler.
> Which, by itself, is o.k. What is not o.k. is that with your level of
> knowledge you have a nerve to argue vs bart that obviously knows a lot
> more.
> 
>> And I
>> have heard (it could be wrong) that MSVC has severe limits on the
>> size of string literals, though it is not a compiler I ever use
>> myself.
>>
> 
> Citation, please..
> 
When I was writing Crossword Designer I had a massive array containing a 
lot of rare words which Visual Studio choked on, but it was possible to 
set a flag. However the strings themselves wereall veru short./
-- 
Check out my hobby project.
http://malcolmmclean.github.io/babyxrc