Am Mon, 22 Sep 2014 18:59:12 +0000 schrieb "Vladimir Panteleev" <[email protected]>:
> On Monday, 22 September 2014 at 17:28:50 UTC, ketmar via > Digitalmars-d-announce wrote: > > On Mon, 22 Sep 2014 15:24:55 +0200 > > simendsjo via Digitalmars-d-announce > > <[email protected]> wrote: > > > >> My guess is the average for developers is ~8GB. 2GB RAM is > >> really not > >> enough for pretty much anything these days - the browser alone > >> easily > >> chews 3-4GB on moderate use. I recommend you just upgrade your > >> computer (or compile on a better iron). > > are your primary language is java? i'm asking just out of > > curiousity. > > That was uncalled for. > > Firefox requires 4GB of memory to build. > Chromium requires 8GB of memory to build. > Android requires 16GB of memory to build. I've been compiling Firefox and Chromium with 4GB of RAM + 4GB of swap on Linux 64-bit in the past. I don't know if I had to close any applications for that. > I think 4GB for a modern programming language's implementation is > not an unreasonable requirement, even if it could be brought down > in the future. Especially considering that you can't even buy a > new laptop today with less than 4GB of RAM, and 3GB is becoming > the norm for smartphones. So why would Apple be able to get away with 1GB on its just released iPhone 6? Maybe 1048576 kilobytes is enough for everyone? -- Marco
