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Re: legOS and alternate operating systems [now off topic]
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lugnet.robotics
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Thu, 31 Dec 1998 01:50:55 GMT
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MWALIMUB@AOL.COMspamcake
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Actually, how big the executable is depends on the compiler. I don't do C,
but, in other compilers this is the case. For instance, Turbo BASIC would
produce a 47Kb executable of "hello world" because it links a library of
subroutines that for the most part won't be used. ASIC, another BASIC
compiler, writes the same program in less than 100 bytes - basically the
string "hello world <CRLF>" and a BIOS call.
My point has been that it seems that it takes an awful lot of computer
resource to program an 8 bit microcomputer. I was just wondering if there was
a reason for this. It appears that the reason is the overhead needed for the
overblown operating systems on our newer computers.
chris
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Did you check the web site first?: http://www.crynwr.com/lego-robotics
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