1979: 6 LOC to draw a box and clean up on quit.
2019: 215 LOC for the same program (with FFI from Scheme to C).
SO MUCH PROGRESS.
#code #retrocomputing
1979: 6 LOC to draw a box and clean up on quit.
2019: 215 LOC for the same program (with FFI from Scheme to C).
SO MUCH PROGRESS.
#code #retrocomputing
Also binary size:
REDBOX.BAS: 255 bytes (neat!) both saved and running.
bin/redbox: 4716724 bytes on disk, 22.5 MB running.