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On Sat, 2006-09-23 at 09:48 +0200, Simon Stelling wrote: |
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> Vladimir G. Ivanovic wrote: |
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> > "riced out"? I assume you mean something like fried, but I don't |
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> > understand how bad CFLAGS can do anything except make your code run |
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> > slower. |
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> My favourite example of how you can waste other people's time: |
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Sorry. Very poor phrasing on my part. Of course bad CFLAGS can make a |
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system unusable. |
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Since I was assuming that "riced out"(*) meant that something physical |
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happened to the machine, what I really wanted to say was: |
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I don't understand how bad CFLAGS can do anything physical to a |
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machine. |
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But now I wonder if poorly chosen CFLAGS can lead to excessive CPU usage |
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which in turn would cause laptop batteries to explode? ;-) |
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--- Vladimir |
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(*) Google to the rescue: |
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http://ricestreet.ricecop.com/riceexplained02.html |
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Vladimir G. Ivanovic <vgivanovic@×××××××.net> |
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