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0 pointsxigoi3y ago0 comments

If “pre-historic” means “doesn't take several minutes to start and require 8GB of RAM”, I guess that's a good thing.

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I wonder how Turbo Pascal IDE managed to fit into 640 KB....

xigoiOP3y ago

Because it wasn't based on bloatware liks Electron. And I guess the developers actually cared about performance because at that time they couldn't just assume that everyone has a powerful machine.

pjmlp3y ago

Electron !== IDE.

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pjmlp3y ago

I wonder how Turbo Pascal IDE managed to fit into 640 KB....

xigoiOP3y ago

Because it wasn't based on bloatware liks Electron. And I guess the developers actually cared about performance because at that time they couldn't just assume that everyone has a powerful machine.

pjmlp3y ago

Electron !== IDE.

j / k navigate · click thread line to collapse