From owner-freebsd-questions Sun Aug 27 14:23:50 1995 Return-Path: questions-owner Received: (from majordom@localhost) by freefall.FreeBSD.org (8.6.11/8.6.6) id OAA05422 for questions-outgoing; Sun, 27 Aug 1995 14:23:50 -0700 Received: from halloran-eldar.lcs.mit.edu (halloran-eldar.lcs.mit.edu [18.26.0.159]) by freefall.FreeBSD.org (8.6.11/8.6.6) with SMTP id OAA05412 for ; Sun, 27 Aug 1995 14:23:47 -0700 Received: by halloran-eldar.lcs.mit.edu; (5.65/1.1.8.2/19Aug95-0530PM) id AA28192; Sun, 27 Aug 1995 17:23:35 -0400 Date: Sun, 27 Aug 1995 17:23:35 -0400 From: "Garrett A. Wollman" Message-Id: <9508272123.AA28192@halloran-eldar.lcs.mit.edu> To: jiho@sierra.net Cc: freebsd-questions@freefall.FreeBSD.org Subject: Re: gnumalloc In-Reply-To: <199508272104.AA15909@diamond.sierra.net> References: <199508272104.AA15909@diamond.sierra.net> Sender: questions-owner@FreeBSD.org Precedence: bulk < said: > My main point revolves around efficient resource usage on the small > personal system. Do you think personal systems shouldn't be small? Disk space costs less than $1 per megabyte-year, and is continuing to drop sharply. Memory costs are still not as low as they once were, but demands placed on the system as a result of other hype in the PC world will eventually result in more production capacity coming on-line. There's not much value in optimizing for space. -GAWollman -- Garrett A. Wollman | Shashish is simple, it's discreet, it's brief. ... wollman@lcs.mit.edu | Shashish is the bonding of hearts in spite of distance. Opinions not those of| It is a bond more powerful than absence. We like people MIT, LCS, ANA, or NSA| who like Shashish. - Claude McKenzie + Florent Vollant