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From: Robert Dewar <robert_dewar@my-deja.com>
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Subject: Re: Parameter Modes, In In Out and Out
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In article <93h9mo$bbm$1@nnrp1.deja.com>,
  dmitry6243@my-deja.com wrote:
> But neither an argument is a reference to some mystic balance
> between such fluid factors that complexity, functionality and
> the problems the programs have to solve.

> It is not very long time ago when a program of
> 1Mb size was something unimaginable.

Well, quite a long time ago, certainly you have to go back
over 30 years, which in the world of computers is a VERY
long time.

> Now it is hard to produce one
> of less size (in conventional environment).

That's a very peculiar statement, very few of the programs
I write are anywhere near a megabyte long.

Not that either of these points has any detectable relevance
to multiple dispatching mind you!


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