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Fallacies that advocate software bloat (Miscellaneous)

posted by bencollver , 29.12.2025, 03:51

> Breaking up the source into smaller "modules" doesn't actually decrease the
> bloat -- it just hides it.

I thought joining all of the modules into one single source file would increase the amount of memory required to compile the program, versus compiling a bunch of little objects and linking them together.

Also, smaller modules would be easier to grasp in the biological memory of the software maintainer. I guess that would be "hiding" the complexity, kind of like OOP design.

Complete thread:

• Fallacies that advocate software bloat - samwdpckr, 21.12.2025, 01:56 (Miscellaneous)
  • Fallacies that advocate software bloat - Rugxulo, 22.12.2025, 12:01
  • Fallacies that advocate software bloat - Rugxulo, 25.12.2025, 09:09
    • Fallacies that advocate software bloat - bencollver, 25.12.2025, 16:28
      • Advocate software bloat - ecm, 25.12.2025, 17:56
      • Fallacies that advocate software bloat - bretjohn, 27.12.2025, 04:43
        • Fallacies that advocate software bloat - bencollver, 29.12.2025, 03:51
          • Fallacies that advocate software bloat - ecm, 29.12.2025, 13:01
          • Fallacies that advocate software bloat - marcov, 31.12.2025, 15:11
    • Fallacies that advocate software bloat - samwdpckr, 26.12.2025, 09:39
      • Fallacies that advocate software bloat - kerravon, 31.12.2025, 19:29
  • Fallacies that advocate software bloat - DOStuff, 28.12.2025, 11:20
    • Fallacies that advocate software bloat - samwdpckr, 29.12.2025, 02:52
      • Fallacies that advocate software bloat - DOStuff, 31.12.2025, 09:01
    • Fallacies that advocate software bloat - kerravon, 31.12.2025, 19:53
  • Fallacies that advocate software bloat - RayeR, 17.01.2026, 17:11
    • Fallacies that advocate software bloat - Rugxulo, 18.01.2026, 16:54