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posted by kerravon E-mail, Sydney, Free World South, 09.11.2022, 23:10

> Hello kerravon,
>
> > > But how do you get from "we might want to do lots of calculations to
> > design
> > > aircraft" to "let's standardize 16-/32-bit computing"? How exactly
> does
> > > this "standardization" help anything at all?
> > I like to code to a standard for my own code.
>
> Then you are not solving any actual problem — you are just describing a
> problem in terms of your solution.

The problem is that POSIX exists for a reason, but
there is no equivalent for small systems, like we
had in the 1980s, and we may have again.

I am still programming for that era.

And that era may return.

> Sorry, I still fail to see how you get from "we might want to do lots of
> calculations to design aircraft — in case of a nuclear war"

It's after nuclear war. I'm surprised you think there
will be no use for computers after nuclear war.

> to "let's
> standardize 16-/32-bit computing".

What's wrong with coding to a standard so that you
can use computers from multiple different vendors?

BFN. Paul.

 

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