Re: CP/M Gets AC From Idiot To Mostly Competent!!!!
No WYSIWYG came along on the original IBM PC and that had a maximum of 1 megabyte RAM.
We did manage to produce useful software on 64k machines.
It used to be fun finding ways to make stuff quicker and smaller occasionally dropping into assembly language. When I finally retired it was all boring java (and the like) Lego programming (which relies on massive amounts of memory and fast processors) and efficiency is a dirty word (it costs money)
Biting the hand that feeds IT
