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Article #620735Re: xref Nostalgia
From: Peter Flass
Date: Thu, 01 Mar 2018 22:32
Date: Thu, 01 Mar 2018 22:32
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Scott Lurndal <scott@slp53.sl.home> wrote: > 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. > In the olden days it would have been a separately-loadable phase. My point is that the compiler has done all the work and has the data handy. All it needs to do is print it, which is not a large program or and especially big chore. -- Pete
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