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   asm & tamsyn & forth, oh my! (millihertz@oldbytes.space)'s status on Saturday, 01-Apr-2023 01:36:03 JST asm & tamsyn & forth, oh my!

   i can't help thinking that if software had progressed the same way as hardware, our entire GUI ecosystems would fit into 30KB...

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     Lesley M ??????? ?? (latelesley@mastodon.scot)'s status on Saturday, 01-Apr-2023 01:48:43 JST Lesley M ??????? ??

     • Thomas 🔭🕹️

     @thomasfuchs @millihertz To be fair though, modern programs are doing far more stuff than the machines we used back then, with 6502's or z80's, which were single task at a time really. Not the multitasking monsters that are interconnected via the internet now. Back then even having two computers talk to each other was amazing, when Modems were the in thing.

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     Lesley M ??????? ?? (latelesley@mastodon.scot)'s status on Saturday, 01-Apr-2023 01:53:16 JST Lesley M ??????? ??

     • Thomas 🔭🕹️

     @thomasfuchs @millihertz Oh I won't argue with that. Modern programmers just expect advances in computing power and memory to keep up with them throwing stuff anywhere. I do think some in coding are pushing for more efficiency in coding, but yeah, the bloat is still there.