the python name
Peter J. Holzer
hjp-python at hjp.at
Sun Jan 6 14:32:19 EST 2019
On 2019-01-06 13:43:02 -0500, Dennis Lee Bieber wrote:
> On Sun, 6 Jan 2019 13:26:15 +0100, "Peter J. Holzer" <hjp-python at hjp.at>
> declaimed the following:
>
> >For example, about 10 years ago I built a continuous integration
> >pipeline for a project I was working on
[...]
> >The result was that any change took about half an hour to show up on
> >the server.
>
> Lucky you... In 1981 I was tasked with porting an application (FORTRAN
> IV) to a minicomputer (CDC MP60 ruggedized for military field drops).
[...]
> It took three HOURS to compile the application.
Yes, I've been lucky to never be involved in a really large project.
Computers have become much faster since the 1980's, but programs also
have become much larger, so multi-hour compiles still exist.
Hoever, this is the Python list and one of the advantages of Python is
that we don't have to compile our code. So we need a different excuse
for fencing on office chairs ;-).
hp
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