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Article #9756Re: terminfo and curses
From: ricker
Date: Thu, 06 Nov 1986 19:36
Date: Thu, 06 Nov 1986 19:36
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In article <257@BMS-AT.UUCP> stuart@BMS-AT.UUCP (Stuart D. Gathman) writes: > A 30K curses program on the 6350 is 60K on the 8000. > > A non-curses program on the 8000 is typically 25% > smaller than the identical C code on the 6350 > because of optimization. > 1) I don't know about the differences between a 6350 and an 8000 but, do you know if the compiler is the exact same on both systems? 2) Terminal-independent code is most likely going to be larger than terminal-specific code. Trade-offs ya know :) Running terminfo/curses on an altos is not terribly depressing although of course not perfect.
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Relay-Version: version B 2.10 5/3/83; site utzoo.UUCP Path: arc1-ca.pugleaf.net!utzoo!mnetor!seismo!husc6!panda!genrad!decvax!ittatc!bunker!ricker From: ricker@bunker.UUCP (ricker) Newsgroups: net.lang.c,net.unix-wizards Subject: Re: terminfo and curses Message-ID: <1294@bunker.UUCP> Date: Thu, 6-Nov-86 14:36:04 EST Article-I.D.: bunker.1294 Posted: Thu Nov 6 14:36:04 1986 Date-Received: Sat, 8-Nov-86 18:29:34 EST References: <257@BMS-AT.UUCP> Reply-To: ricker@bunker.UUCP (ricker) Organization: Bunker Ramo/Olivetti, Trumbull CT Lines: 16