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

On 25/03/2025 14:46, Muttley@DastardlyHQ.org wrote:

On Tue, 25 Mar 2025 11:09:21 +0000
bart <bc@freeuk.com> wibbled:

On 25/03/2025 08:40, Muttley@DastardlyHQ.org wrote:
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For that matter, why do YOU use a makefile when your full build is only
0.8 seconds?

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Modularising code is far more than just about compilation speed which you'd
know if you had anything approaching a clue.

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You can modularise code without also needing a makefile!

 IYYM you can build modularised code without it. Sure , sometimes, so long as
the modules don't have varying compilation dependencies. But then you end up
rebuilding everything.

And? I thought you said it didn't matter how long it took! Perhaps compilation time does matter after all...

Listen sonny, in large projects in companies - ie not the toy code you work
on in your bedroom - different people will have checked out seperate modules
and be working on them at any one time. Thats a lot simpler than having one
huge source file that then has a boatload of merge issues when a dozen people
all try to check their changes back in.

Fucking hell, you still don't get it. That single source file is MACHINE-GENERATED. Nobody's going to be even looking inside let alone trying to maintain it.
You might as well complain that a single EXE file is difficult to maintain!