| From: | "Jason Carter, Nightstalker" <CARTER@***.EDU> |
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| Subject: | Strip again |
| Date: | Wed, 21 Jul 1993 14:26:20 -0700 |
>>POODLE (an attack:12) will run just the same on a Fuchi Cyber 4 as it does
>>on a Fairlight. The reasoning is that the code for both Fuchi and
>>Fairlight is in the program. If you have a Fuchi deck, that Fairlight
>>code just eats space. STRIPping removes the redundant code.
Screeming Poodle (attack 12) will not run on a Fuchi Cyber 4, the MPCP is too
small :) Now on to the serious work.
We seem to be having some conflicting views on how programs are written. Most
computers are written to be more or less similar to others in their class.
That is to say a Mac is a Mac, and an IBM PC is and IBM PC reguardless of the
specific make or model. Now when a company writes a program, they don't write
one version that will work on every machine in existance. Mircosoft Word for
a MacIntosh is and entirely different program than Mircosoft Word for the IBM
PC or even Word for Windows! The extra code you keep saying the Strip Program
will remove is not in existance.
Now stepping beyond the explanation, I see no real need to create a program that
allows people to reduce the size of their programs. I also think that anything
that doesn't have at least a simple explanation does not deserve to exist. I'm
not asking for much, just something better than "I think there should be a
program that reduces the size of programs. Let's call it strip and who cares
how the damn thing works."
See Ya in Shadows,
Jason J Carter
The Nightstalker
