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Re: why is most EL code ugly?



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I know of no other programming language that includes commentary into the
compiled code.  If EL follows suit, it makes sense that the comments would
not be counted toward the 64k limit.

Dave


At 05:48 PM 3/15/98 -0800, you wrote:
>On Mar 15,  5:44pm, Earl Adamy wrote:
>> Subject: Re: why is most EL code ugly?
>> 
>> I've not seen or heard any hard evidence that including meaningful variable
>> names and comments adversely affect EL's capacity to handle/link
verified code,
>> however if this is not the case I'd sure like some evidence.
>
>I _thought_ I read an earlier note, which said that comments were
>included in the 64k limit, however, when I re-read the note, it
>was actually asking if reducing comments would save the space required
>by TS.   Anyone know the answer: what factors go into the calculation
>of the 64k limit in TS?
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