Re: Suggested method for returning a string from a C program?

On 24/03/2025 11:51, David Brown wrote:

On 23/03/2025 02:34, bart wrote:
 

It's strange: in one part of the computing world, the speed of building software is a very big deal. All sorts of efforts are going on to deal with it. Compilation speed for developers is always an issue. There is a general movement away from LLVM-based backends / because/ it is so slow.
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And yet in another part (namely comp.lang.c) it appears to be a total non-issue!
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 You find it strange that different parts of the computing world (or, more appropriately, software development world) have different priorities, needs and focuses for their tools?  I find it very strange that anyone would find that strange!
 

What was strange was that that one view was shared by pretty much everyone in comp.lang.c.
Even though one or two (like Scott Lurndal) had reported significant build times (even you had remarked on it and made suggestions), but that was brushed off.
I don't know; maybe with fast builds, people would have to do more work instead of taking a coffee break!