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From: David Brown <david.brown@hesbynett.no>
Newsgroups: comp.lang.c
Subject: Re: Suggested method for returning a string from a C program?
Date: Mon, 24 Mar 2025 12:51:40 +0100
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On 23/03/2025 02:34, bart wrote:

> It's strange: in one part of the computing world, the speed of building 
> software is a very big deal. All sorts of efforts are going on to deal 
> with it. Compilation speed for developers is always an issue. There is a 
> general movement away from LLVM-based backends /because/ it is so slow.
> 
> And yet in another part (namely comp.lang.c) it appears to be a total 
> non-issue!
> 

You find it strange that different parts of the computing world (or, 
more appropriately, software development world) have different 
priorities, needs and focuses for their tools?  I find it very strange 
that anyone would find that strange!