"j" == johansen-osdev  <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> writes:

j> Garrett:
>> But one should not, I think, ignore the overhead that adding new
>> runtimes (and even new compile-time languages) adds.  Each language
>> needs (typically) either or both of a full time runtime environment and
>> a development tool chain.

j> I'm not suggesting that we ignore the overhead.  However, in your
j> previous post you lamented the fact that Perl 5.8.x was now at 38mb.
j> With 500gb disks showing up as standard in most systems, 38mb doesn't
j> really seems that large any more.

Well, that's fine for new systems, but we might want to continue to
support older systems with smaller drives where 38mb makes a
difference.
-- 
Dave Marquardt
Sun Microsystems, Inc.
Austin, TX
+1 512 401-1077 (SUN internal: x64077)
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