Jan Vroonhof <vroonhof(a)math.ethz.ch&gt; writes: The fact is, I'm not convinced that Scheme works reliably. The mmap-based relocating allocator is supposed to return memory to the system, but even so... I still think opening (and unzipping) a bunch of files is not to be dismissed lightly. I guess I'm in the minority. Like Solaris? :-) I'd use just about anything else, but everyone around me uses Debian, so Debian it is. (And yes, they use potato too.) Ah, if only system administration were my favorite hobby. In that case, XEmacs should create it for me. My turn to play the devil's advocate, I guess.