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A 3.25inch disk (the one that makes the well known save symbol) held 1.44 megabytes. These held entire graphical games and now we’re impressed when we can resp
by kortilla 2y ago
A 3.25inch disk (the one that makes the well known save symbol) held 1.44 megabytes.
These held entire graphical games and now we’re impressed when we can respond to an HTTP request in a binary that size.
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- segfaltnh 2y agoFor a lot of newer compiled languages this comes down to static compilation. These aren't linking to any system libraries beyond the OS fundamentals. That and they have way more debug symbols than Comander Keen, probably.
- kunley 2y agoThere was no crypto stuff during the floppy times, and that's a lot of extra code