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Article #620733Re: xref Nostalgia
From: Scott Lurndal
Date: Thu, 01 Mar 2018 19:36
Date: Thu, 01 Mar 2018 19:36
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Peter Flass <peter...@yahoo.com> writes: >Bob Eager <news...@eager.cx> wrote: >> On Thu, 01 Mar 2018 10:13:07 -0800, Gene Wirchenko wrote: >> >>> Which is why I think it should be in the compiler. The UNIX >>> philosophy of simple tools is not so workable here. I say keep the >>> source in one spot. >> >> Nothing wrong with having it as part of the compiler package, built at >> the same time from the same sources. That's how I used to do it. >> > >I suppose it doesn't matter these days, but it involves running a second >program to re-do the work that the first has already done. Nobody cares >about CPU usage these days. But you don't _need_ the xref for most compiles, so really, having the code to generate it in the compiler is wasting resources, semi-precious resources in the olden days.
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