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minus-squarewords_number@programming.devlinkfedilinkarrow-up0·1 year agoSeriously though, why? Is there historic reasons for that? Did they have to pay extra for more letters back in the day?
minus-squaremustardman@discuss.tchncs.delinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up1·edit-21 year agoI worked with a complier that would assume only compare the first 8 characters and would treat it the same afterwards. Compiler copyright was around 1990. Edit: This was for function names in C
minus-squareSubArcticTundra@lemmy.mllinkfedilinkarrow-up1·1 year agoDamn that must have been such a headache
minus-squareNateSwift@beehaw.orglinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up1·1 year agoI’ve heard arguments that back in ye old days each row only had 80 characters and variable names were shortened so you didn’t have to scroll the page back and forth
Seriously though, why? Is there historic reasons for that? Did they have to pay extra for more letters back in the day?
I worked with a complier that would assume only compare the first 8 characters and would treat it the same afterwards.
Compiler copyright was around 1990.
Edit: This was for function names in C
Damn that must have been such a headache
I’ve heard arguments that back in ye old days each row only had 80 characters and variable names were shortened so you didn’t have to scroll the page back and forth