No, we were talking about how compilers came in at least two disks (one for compiler and one for linker) when this came up.
He started these things with punched cards, and worked at the prominent companies of the time (like IBM and HP), and seen tons of bizarre computer architectures on the way like registerless processors.
He might be recalling a very specific example, or about a very slow system, but I remember the conversation well.
That thing has been probably sorted out by the mid of 90s, but I was just starting programming back then.
Oh, I'm a proud member of "descriptive variable name mafia", but not affiliated with the Java branch. They're a different breed. On the other hand, being written real math in C++ (differential equations), having three letter variable names for everything is equally painful. :)
He started these things with punched cards, and worked at the prominent companies of the time (like IBM and HP), and seen tons of bizarre computer architectures on the way like registerless processors.
He might be recalling a very specific example, or about a very slow system, but I remember the conversation well.
That thing has been probably sorted out by the mid of 90s, but I was just starting programming back then.
Oh, I'm a proud member of "descriptive variable name mafia", but not affiliated with the Java branch. They're a different breed. On the other hand, being written real math in C++ (differential equations), having three letter variable names for everything is equally painful. :)