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The only reason you're able to make a statement like "This is the sort of stuff you have to do when you have a very small amount of available memory..." is beca
by k33n 15y ago
The only reason you're able to make a statement like "This is the sort of stuff you have to do when you have a very small amount of available memory..." is because people like Gates came up with it first. It's only common knowledge now because the trailblazers made it so.
The real pity is not appreciating the incredible creativity of those who laid the groundwork for everything we take for granted today.
- jgrahamc 15y agoThat's not correct. I have been programming for a very long time and have been involved in all sorts of nasty tricks to fit things in memory (self modifying code, code that uses subroutines from the OS to save having duplicates in its own base, code that relocates itself while running, storing tiny amounts of code in 'free space' inside the BIOS, temporarily storing code in screen memory because there's nowhere else to go and you hope the user won't notice the funny image on screen, etc.)
- astrec 15y agoNot to make light of his accomplishments, but Bill Gates is only 55: A mere whipper-snapper compared to some of the grey beards that many of us have worked with over the years. Gate's blazed many a trail, but this wasn't one of them.