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github suppresses views of syntax-highlighted files that have too many lines or too-long lines. They make browsers crawl or crash (too many elements...) and the
by ploxiln 12y ago
github suppresses views of syntax-highlighted files that have too many lines or too-long lines. They make browsers crawl or crash (too many elements...) and they're not useful for humans to try to view on a web page anyway.
I guess it's no surprise that microsoft software has a human-edited source file that's over 35000 lines...
- larsberg 12y ago> I guess it's no surprise that microsoft software has a human-edited source file that's over 35000 lines... IIRC, it was originally machine-generated... from LISP code written by David Bacon, under contract from the then-GC owner Patrick Dussud.
- kinghajj 12y agoHoly crap, do you have a link that explains that in more detail? That sounds amazing.
- carussell 12y agoHere go: http://channel9.msdn.com/Shows/Going+Deep/Patrick-Dussud-Garbage-Collection-Past-Present-and-Future http://channel9.msdn.com/Shows/Going+Deep/Patrick-Dussud-Gar...
- Cyph0n 12y agoI'm sorry, what? That sounds awesome.
- lispm 12y agohttp://blogs.msdn.com/b/patrick_dussud/archive/2006/11/21/how-it-all-started-aka-the-birth-of-the-clr.aspx http://blogs.msdn.com/b/patrick_dussud/archive/2006/11/21/ho...