Re: [cc65] Re: some patches

From: Ullrich von Bassewitz <uz1musoftware.de>
Date: 2010-03-22 18:00:50
On Fri, Mar 19, 2010 at 11:38:22AM +0100, Oliver Schmidt wrote:
> In all programs was never an option from my perspective! I was only
> arguing for two libraries instead of many: One library without and one
> with loadable disk I/O driver support.
>
> The reasoning behind that was just another perspective on the same
> issue you brought up: How many users are out there for a certain
> speedup solution? Probably few. Therefore a program author won't
> create n variants of his application. But if he doesn't hit the RAM
> barrier he might just link against the library with loadable disk I/O
> driver support. Then the users could grab the driver for their
> solution from somewhere or implement it on their own.

That may be right, but these two approaches are really different. And
maintaining an additional solution is quite some work.

> Or to put it in other words. If every single speedup solution doesn't
> create enough momentum to be support by cc65 then maybe the sum of all
> of them does. I'm not trying to convince at any price - I just want to
> make my point clear...

As you do know, I'm not even able to cope with the current workload in a
timely manner. This alone is a strong argument against another construction
site within cc65.

Regards


        Uz


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Ullrich von Bassewitz                                  uz@musoftware.de
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