Maybe a C version could be as fast, but not as compact, per EXE size. Perhaps a compiler may "waste" some space as a trade-off for speed, whereas human-tuned assembler can more easily optimize both space and speed.

It's what you call your @#&% when you get old.

Cementinator

Fixed-pitch fonts, I miss those. They made UI development so much easier because the sizing was far more predictable than variable pitched fonts.

True, it's esthetically ugly, but when you want small, quick, and cheap; it's the way to go.

Yoda getting old too?

When you git old, you ain't nothing but a hound-dog.

Please select one or more objects to 3D print:
[_] Airplane
[_] Howitzer
[_] Missile
[_] Nuke

If you want to do it semi-scientifically, then test a given methodology for at least 7 years on actual projects for multiple project and organization types.

Why is it methodologies start spreading before being properly field tested? It appears to be hypsters jumping the gun in order to get rich selling hype (books, training, & consulting), but I'm open to other explanations.

It's the modern "Plan 9 from Outer Space": So bad it's good.

Not necessarily. The lack of "weight" may be the reason the rover was sliding because it doesn't dig in.

That's an interesting perspective I haven't considered. But, a company as large as Microsoft should have plenty of "usability" experts to point that out and actual user testing. They have the experts and resources to know better, more so than a vast majority of orgs.

Incidentally, GIMP made a similar snafu. Are they both copying some other vendor, or copying each other? Who started this fad?

Also, it is possible to re-import most PDF's into Word, Excel, etc.; it's just lossy. But many other existing Save-As's are also lossy, such as CSV which cuts out formatting info. Thus, "re-importable" is a continuum. Only the single native format typically has any guarantee of not being lossy.

If your data needs to be correct, define it and its relationships then use SQL. You will have to pay someone decent money to do this correctly.

PHB's have to learn the hard way. They want it cheap, big, and now. Security & reliability issues are something they try to blame on somebody else using their well-honed spin skills.