Ethan Blanton nawypisowywa³(a):
> The point is that the memory consumed here is not consumed by either
> the FvwmPager text (that is, executable data) itself or the minimal
> bookkeeping required to load a second instance of the program.  It was
> probably the actual run-time data required by each FvwmPager in order
> to do its job -- this data is not likely to change significantly
> whether each FvwmPager loads its own text or operates out of the same
> text.  It is possible that some of this data could be shared between
> multiple pagers running out of the same process ... it is also
> possible that handling the contention for this sharing would
> sufficiently complicate and enlarge the FvwmPager binary that the
> _common_ case (one pager per X session) would actually use more
> resources.

I understand. But even so, something still seems wrong. Why is a module
like FvwmPager using so much memory?

> I think you'll find that this is not a large issue.

Well, a couple of megs, making fvwm one of the bigger WM's. I wanted to
get the words "negligible for a desktop system" - to show that adding an
perl/python/scheme/whatever interpreter would have no real influence on
memory performance - it would be like running another FvwmIconMan.
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