Re: [computer-go] Moyoman, a Go playing program

[Martin Girard <arister@xxxxxxxxxxxx>]

> Your assumption that he would not have heard of modular design or object orientation in those days, was more insulting than calling him an old fart.

Insulting or not, I've read enough pre-1980 code to know that it is the truth.

> > Second: I've worked on large, old codebases myself, so I know what I'm talking about.
> > Third: Stupid or not, old code is just more bloated than new one (even though it's hard to believe sometimes).
>
> yes it's hard to believe.  There were no storage devices large enough to hold today's bloatware.  And I hate to think what it would weigh if put on punch cards.

I didn't necessarily mean that old. Unless you mean there were no floppies back in the 1970's?

Come to think of it, even on old floppy disks, today's bloatware projects might still weight a lot.

--Martin

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