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Re:Turkey buys Delphi licenses for an estimated one million ... by neves on Wednesday January 22, 2020 @09:24AM (#22117749)
They also were quick compilers and fit in a floppy.
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Re:Turkey buys Delphi licenses for an estimated one million ... by peter_d_sherman on Wednesday January 22, 2020 @10:54AM (#22118564)
If the old harware aphorism is "Never trust a computer larger than you can lift", then the software counterpart to that must be "Never trust a compiler that doesn't fit on a single floppy". <g>

"Never trust a compiler that doesn't fit on a single floppy"

I'm coining that second expression right here on Hacker News, today, 1/22/2020!

I'm fairly certain no one has said it prior...

But if they have, then my humble apologies, and in such case I'm un-coining it... <g>

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Re:Turkey buys Delphi licenses for an estimated one million ... by peter_d_sherman on Thursday January 23, 2020 @06:14PM (#22133378)
Sorry, meant to say 'hardware'... Somehow my text got munged...
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