Messages in this thread | ![/](/images/icornerl.gif) | | Subject | Re: Faster depend written in Perl | From | <quix.robins.af.mil!> | Date | Sat, 27 Jul 1996 11:40:33 -0400 (EDT) |
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> > > I have an old 386/33 and running 'make depend' takes a long time. > > Upgrade! 486 motherboards with CPU are so cheap that there is no > > excuse. > > Not always the case. Quite a few people are running 386's because 486's > are not cheap (to them, or where they are located).
Also a couple of other reasons. 1) In the US 386s with 30pin simms are available for free if you know where to go (sysadmin's closet). A 386/40 with 8 meg is not a had hacker's machine.
2) Old machines sometimes have "personalities" so we hate to replace them. You have to be a hacker at heart for this one. I'm trying to get a guy at work to sell me his Amiga so I can get Linux running on it for no good reason. :)
Melvin
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