01-20-2025, 07:29 PM
I think by the time I reach 80, my "Hello World!" program will be rewritten to include the same one line of working code, but I'll need to add at least 20 remark lines. I'm so thankful, going forward, for bulk remark in QB64. I'll need it!
My thoughts are that shortening code is a lot of fun, but not necessary. I look at it as a brain exercise. Of course, if I over do it, then I have to put up with that pain of injecting GatorAid into my cerebrum. Hey, that really stings sometimes!
Also, since QB64 is a translator, we all need to keep in mind that no matter how hard we work to shorten our source code, the compiled executable will be larger than the same program written in a native language like FreakBasic. So some people will still bitch that the code is too big!
I'm camping with Steve on this one.
Pete
My thoughts are that shortening code is a lot of fun, but not necessary. I look at it as a brain exercise. Of course, if I over do it, then I have to put up with that pain of injecting GatorAid into my cerebrum. Hey, that really stings sometimes!
Also, since QB64 is a translator, we all need to keep in mind that no matter how hard we work to shorten our source code, the compiled executable will be larger than the same program written in a native language like FreakBasic. So some people will still bitch that the code is too big!
I'm camping with Steve on this one.
Pete