Re: BAD BAD bloat (was Re: What to do with modules now ...)
J. Kean Johnston writes:
On Wed, Jan 13, 1999 at 09:00:31PM -0800, Kyle Jones wrote:
> If I can run today's XEmacs on a machine that is five
> years old (I can and do) and on the cheapest PC's available
> today, then I think we're doing all right. So I don't see in-core
> memory size as an issue worth addressing, unless its something
> we can do easily.
Your argument holds true only if that is ALL you are doing. I
refuse to believe that you can run a fully laden XEmacs, have a
compile (or maybe even two) going, have a web server running, and
a few ftp sessions active (a fairly typical scenario on a typical
Linux workstation), all in 32MB of memory.
Well, wait a minute. Just before this paragraph you were talking
about creating a small configuration for poor people in Outer
Mongolia. Now you've got them running a web server? And they
still can only afford 32MB of memory? :)
I'm only half-serious at this point. Obviously you don't
think we're doing enough to support small installations and I
think that we are. We'll just have to disagree on this, I
guess. The Mongolians won't have to wait too much longer for
better hardware. Computers sold three years ago essentially
have depreciated to scrap value today, and those computers can
certainly run XEmacs well. There are charities that accept
old computers and give them to the needy, schools, etc. So I
think the world will be OK.