From mboxrd@z Thu Jan 1 00:00:00 1970 X-Spam-Checker-Version: SpamAssassin 3.4.4 (2020-01-24) on inbox.vuxu.org X-Spam-Level: X-Spam-Status: No, score=-1.1 required=5.0 tests=DKIM_SIGNED,DKIM_VALID, DKIM_VALID_AU,FREEMAIL_FROM,HTML_MESSAGE,MAILING_LIST_MULTI autolearn=ham autolearn_force=no version=3.4.4 Received: (qmail 13325 invoked from network); 13 Dec 2022 03:32:28 -0000 Received: from minnie.tuhs.org (50.116.15.146) by inbox.vuxu.org with ESMTPUTF8; 13 Dec 2022 03:32:28 -0000 Received: from minnie.tuhs.org (localhost [IPv6:::1]) by minnie.tuhs.org (Postfix) with ESMTP id C2A904237E; Tue, 13 Dec 2022 13:32:15 +1000 (AEST) Received: from mail-ot1-f41.google.com (mail-ot1-f41.google.com [209.85.210.41]) by minnie.tuhs.org (Postfix) with ESMTPS id EFC564237D for ; Tue, 13 Dec 2022 13:32:11 +1000 (AEST) Received: by mail-ot1-f41.google.com with SMTP id v19-20020a9d5a13000000b0066e82a3872dso8570683oth.5 for ; Mon, 12 Dec 2022 19:32:11 -0800 (PST) DKIM-Signature: v=1; a=rsa-sha256; c=relaxed/relaxed; d=gmail.com; s=20210112; h=to:subject:message-id:date:from:mime-version:from:to:cc:subject :date:message-id:reply-to; bh=nqxA6E6ENW+6Ucxj0ghsawAkvn+kM8S4L5CnlfaEMMs=; b=E2waKllBrSjqcMobazYVUiW72A/xzciR68ZMeE50GGriX5lJT1gPlqf8qICVsUjEZj JHXK5SvgVL3uNPCoh+4XxDOpK0xRmgU9b3qi8N2sb7ZLuYKxHXc7DHehRtxJOQV2i5jZ sEyEj47UZw3bsw+eM/emPLrbz8zYUZ1kb42sxiOnK/ipIMmz6plELw4HQpejoCax5H5r HnHKvX03ohPqIPI/11XWonLUoqIdPkg8GUmE6hrAEmT/MJphD+9rI3qHcEwNadJFYIgh mpLxcCbOHw+Oh6dr2UtOSKt6zzaW6r8hBVFIFmOgvyMMMc3AgypQ0kfimgCtQ8038e5a pk7g== X-Google-DKIM-Signature: v=1; a=rsa-sha256; c=relaxed/relaxed; d=1e100.net; s=20210112; h=to:subject:message-id:date:from:mime-version:x-gm-message-state :from:to:cc:subject:date:message-id:reply-to; bh=nqxA6E6ENW+6Ucxj0ghsawAkvn+kM8S4L5CnlfaEMMs=; b=2WgI0Wpt5n7kVoOXeChmcM9i3M8vqwJitBWD96dnyu2DMwFf7WInPq8wFtj2ggk7q6 wsfOSN717VQZwP6TGqNqqXd2KAQmEKyh5zQzl8rJDtT5uZAYZE4pp1GBdqib6YZjNVTD 4TvLeCZHAyD4Lo9ch0Uh3UHadaLXrTcRD9gSaa0Ma/UuBEcSThiq324rDpZEAij4lNX1 TQE9iuSQbRVID3NMzEcAY2ERSvqbk87SeVTURuYC9uGnLgP2zNq7RErewH2m6RJs3bzU V4Uj48DNNxoPLGlgSSY7oQl9dCg/7XFUr8FgTzdiSExxNZCYjIQfwWd2BhXMiVzKCl2X Vi2g== X-Gm-Message-State: ANoB5pkpv2f1h+UiCMUKRVRNnAUqnp3uRWHiYDkCXUafygcRaJIbGL8G Zu/Y60qNT2VCxGcyd/RBswL6vg/4WELKFVrYntWhDlU= X-Google-Smtp-Source: AA0mqf5dp2P8JkyMWccJnPyvoqmyThSiPgt3KK+V3M2Nl7OiPhW4gJ/L917gKNnofAKif9Lzeu+M1FRDoZDXuWhL4Ks= X-Received: by 2002:a9d:7615:0:b0:66c:a1e8:ae7c with SMTP id k21-20020a9d7615000000b0066ca1e8ae7cmr39158168otl.365.1670902270980; Mon, 12 Dec 2022 19:31:10 -0800 (PST) MIME-Version: 1.0 From: Rudi Blom Date: Tue, 13 Dec 2022 10:30:59 +0700 Message-ID: To: tuhs@tuhs.org Content-Type: multipart/alternative; boundary="00000000000050f75905efad406f" Message-ID-Hash: N7LL5MQTSAFA7IS3JJYZESYIH52SPYSQ X-Message-ID-Hash: N7LL5MQTSAFA7IS3JJYZESYIH52SPYSQ X-MailFrom: rudi.j.blom@gmail.com X-Mailman-Rule-Misses: dmarc-mitigation; no-senders; approved; emergency; loop; banned-address; member-moderation; header-match-tuhs.tuhs.org-0; nonmember-moderation; administrivia; implicit-dest; max-recipients; max-size; news-moderation; no-subject; digests; suspicious-header X-Mailman-Version: 3.3.6b1 Precedence: list Subject: [TUHS] Re: Clever code List-Id: The Unix Heritage Society mailing list Archived-At: List-Archive: List-Help: List-Owner: List-Post: List-Subscribe: List-Unsubscribe: --00000000000050f75905efad406f Content-Type: text/plain; charset="UTF-8" I vaguely remember having read here about 'clever code' which took into account the time a magnetic drum needed to rotate in order to optimise access. Similarly I can imagine that with resource restraints you sometimes need to be clever in order to get your program to fit. Of course, any such cleverness needs extra documentation. I only ever programmed in user space but even then without lots of comment in my code I may already start wondering what I did after only a few months past. Cheers, uncle rubl -- The more I learn the better I understand I know nothing. --00000000000050f75905efad406f Content-Type: text/html; charset="UTF-8" Content-Transfer-Encoding: quoted-printable

I vaguely remember having read here= about 'clever code' which took into account the time a magnetic dr= um needed to rotate in order to optimise access.

S= imilarly I can imagine that with resource restraints you sometimes need to = be clever in order to get your program to fit. Of course, any such cleverne= ss needs extra documentation.

I only ever programm= ed in user space but even then without=C2=A0lots of comment in my code I ma= y already start wondering what I did after only a few months past.

Cheers,
uncle rubl
--
The more I lea= rn the better I understand I know nothing.

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