I'm going to assume your sarcasm was intended as good-natured fun- poking without malice, though that was not how it read to me. I'm well aware of the changes in memory vs. persistent store that have occurred since I got my first computer in 1984 with 16k RAM and a tape drive.
With that said, I don't think my question was unreasonable. The Palm OS is new to me, and the concepts of movable vs fixed chunks on the heap and a strange data store force me to rethink the way I do things. Is it not ok to ask of those who have walked before me what they've learned along the way? On Feb 5, 2007, at 4:58 PM, Pinus Alba wrote: > Hi dmw, > > Are you serious? > > Twenty years ago 32K of RAM was more than enough. Palm's have much > more than that. > > If you have problems with persistent memory sizes vis a vis RAM > size you must have had the same problem on a desktop PC 5 years ago. > > Regards, > > On 06/02/07, dmw <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > I'm new to Palm OS development, and I'm trying to get a handle on > how to manage program data. In the scenario of a simplistic > desktop application, one would store persistent data in a file, > load that data in when the program starts, work with the data in > memory, and save it periodically and at application shut-down. > > Since the Palm is a memory limited device, do you palm developers > always keep your persistent data in the database, without ever > working with copies of said data on the heap? Seems it would be > difficult to manage, with every operation being an opportunity for > database corruption. What are the best practices here? > -- > For information on using the PalmSource Developer Forums, or to > unsubscribe, please see http://www.palmos.com/dev/support/forums/ > > -- For information on using the PalmSource Developer Forums, or to > unsubscribe, please see http://www.palmos.com/dev/support/forums/ -- For information on using the PalmSource Developer Forums, or to unsubscribe, please see http://www.palmos.com/dev/support/forums/
