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What was it like setting up CI in the 80s or 90s "without too much hassle?"

• Falkon1313 6y ago
  You typed the compile/build command and it compiled/built. Then you had an executable you could test and/or deploy. Or you got errors, which you resolved until it did compile.
  • jancsika 6y ago
    In other words, you had one physical machine per platform, and at least one developer manually running each build on each platform. Or perhaps one developer per each if you've got an even bigger budget. I'm just imagining a quasi-Luddite hacker collective that eschews automation and does their own builds directly on the physical hardware to keep themselves "in touch with the hardware." That actually sounds pretty fun and social. Plus I wonder what the effect would be on catching regressions/issues before release compared to modern CI.