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Re:Suckless.org: software that sucks less by Avshalom on Friday February 21, 2025 @04:58PM (#43133571)
>I can go through a 5K SLOC program and understand it relatively quickly

you already said in your first post that you can't understand it.

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Re:Suckless.org: software that sucks less by eadmund on Friday February 21, 2025 @05:03PM (#43133619)
But he can, and pretty quickly. That’s unlike most programs, which are more or less unintelligible to those not working on them.
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Re:Suckless.org: software that sucks less by imiric on Friday February 21, 2025 @05:10PM (#43133673)
Right, but "pretty quickly" is relative :D

I'm not a C programmer, so it would probably personally take me days, maybe weeks to fully grok 5K SLOC of C. Still, it is potentially possible if I made the effort, unlike with other programs, like you say.

It's a testament to the quality of the original C code that I was able to configure and use st and other suckless tools with my limited experience. An experienced C developer would probably find it a breeze.

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Re:Suckless.org: software that sucks less by imiric on Friday February 21, 2025 @05:02PM (#43133608)
I said I don't understand it, not that I couldn't.

I don't because I haven't needed to. Understanding just a few hundred lines has been enough for my needs.

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Re:Suckless.org: software that sucks less by J_McQuade on Friday February 21, 2025 @05:56PM (#43134110)
> I said I don't understand it, not that I couldn't.

When your main goal to just get on with solving your actual problems, these are the same thing.

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