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From: "Shaun Gibson" <shaunyg@hotmail.com>
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Subject: Re: compile times...
Date: Thu, 1 Mar 2001 19:03:00 -0000
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Hmm, what I usually do is go without compiling some bits for days, as i know
they wont work how i've got them, then some other bits (usually towards the
end, just tweaks n stuff) just take minutes.  It's those long bits which
annoy me.


Matt Verran wrote in message <97eol8$31k5@www.netyaroze-europe.com>...
>Here's a nice techie topic:
>
>I was just reading the latest issue of Edge, Gregg Barnett FAQ, and he
>mentions the time between between compiles being just an hour back in the
>8bit days.  I guess he's thinking of commercial projects with big teams,
but
>it's really rare for me to code for an hour without compiling and testing.
>I pretty much never go more than about 30 minutes without giving features a
>little test of some kind.
>
>I was just wondering what everyone else's coding habits were, anyone code
>for hours on end so confident in their code they don't need to compile?
>
>
>
>MattV
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