Date: Tue, 19 Sep 95 08:58:24 -0700 From: Bakul Shah <bakul@netcom.com> To: Heikki Suonsivu <hsu@cs.hut.fi> Cc: freebsd-hackers@freefall.freebsd.org Subject: Re: Policy on printf format specifiers? Message-ID: <199509191558.IAA09962@netcom15.netcom.com> In-Reply-To: Your message of "Tue, 19 Sep 95 11:31:42 %2B0300." <199509190831.LAA20037@shadows.cs.hut.fi>
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> Yes, and I also think that 640kbytes of memory is certainly enough for > anything you would want to do with your computer. Cute but it misses the point. If N bytes are enough, using 2N bytes for a benefit that one won't see for ages, if ever, is a waste for any value of N. Especially when there is an immediate cost of doing so [allocating twice as much memory means you will take twice as many page faults etc. etc.]. Make a few decisions like this and you'll have slow moving monster programs for which 640Mbytes won't be enough.
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