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From: | "Duncan Burch" <duncanburch AT nospam DOT usa DOT net> |
Newsgroups: | comp.os.msdos.djgpp |
Subject: | Re: Optimizations |
Date: | Thu, 1 Oct 1998 21:01:26 +0100 |
Organization: | Cable Online |
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To: | djgpp AT delorie DOT com |
DJ-Gateway: | from newsgroup comp.os.msdos.djgpp |
>> The fact that people think that a Pentium II 400MHz processor is >> *needed* for any software today is an insult to all the programmers >> out there for writing their software that way. Sure, there are some >> tasks that take advantage of the faster CPU (3D video games, >> rendering, simulations, etc) but 95% of your need for a faster CPU is >> to support *bloat*. >> Slighly off topic, but did you know that when intel released their new pricing policy, they said that their objective would be to offset the bloatedness of ms's software?
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