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> You can build excel by relying only on standard ISO/ANSI C features. The fact that they felt like they were better than using a fully standard compliant compi
by jdsully 4y ago
> You can build excel by relying only on standard ISO/ANSI C features. The fact that they felt like they were better than using a fully standard compliant compiler says more about their lack of competence than anything else.
One of the worst things about the modern internet is people can be so rude and disrespectful to people they've never met for decisions they know nothing about. The custom compiler was used in the 80s and early 90s for P-Code and was a way of dealing with the perceived proliferation of multiple CPU architectures, as well as producing significantly more dense code. This mattered a lot back then.