Gervase Markham wrote:
>
> > > Browse a chosen 20
> > > sites in the two browsers (of equal HTML and CSS functionality), then
> > > check the memory usage.
> >
> > Ah, Mr. Markham, do you *really* want me to do that, and report back
> > with the results?
>
> Yep. If you like.
Done and done.
> At which point I would say "Yes, Mozilla's memory usage
> could be improved. Thanks for pointing out the obvious."
>
I'm sure you would. What you should be saying is "Holy Christ, this is
insane. Nobody is ever going to use this thing when it uses such
outrageous amounts of resources."
> Saying that your measure is silly is not the same as saying Mozilla's
> memory usage figures are good.
>
Right, it's a way of pretending to acknowledge the problem without
actually doing so: "Saying I drink a lot of booze doesn't mean I'm an
alcoholic."
> As for "my measures", I'd much rather spend my time writing patches.
Could you patch the massive memory hoggage problem? And stop belittling
my contributions, however minor and in vain they may be?
> And
> revising for my final exams.
>
I wish you luck.
> Gerv
