The only memory problems I see these days are to do with allocating gigabytes and gigabytes of base memory to VM's... what a change from using 4Kb and 8Kb machines which had to use overlays held on tape and/or the latest 2.5Mb (yes Mega Byte) fixed Exchangeable drives (FEDS).
Dave -----Original Message----- From: ProFox [mailto:[email protected]] On Behalf Of [email protected] Sent: 10 July 2017 16:11 To: ProFox Email List <[email protected]> Subject: Re: Funny flashback Friday memory On 2017-07-10 04:29, Alan Bourke wrote: >> <[email protected] >> > wrote: >> >> > I recall back in the late 90s or early 2000s people poo-pooing the >> > VFP installations that had to carry the 15 megabyte runtimes also >> > besides the program/application EXE itself. LOL > > Ditto people complaining about the size of the .NET framework. Does anybody complain about the size of any softwares anymore? Today's hardware & storage make those arguments pretty moot, don't they? Sure, you still want to design for efficiencies but don't have to worry about running out of space any more. [excessive quoting removed by server] _______________________________________________ Post Messages to: [email protected] Subscription Maintenance: http://mail.leafe.com/mailman/listinfo/profox OT-free version of this list: http://mail.leafe.com/mailman/listinfo/profoxtech Searchable Archive: http://leafe.com/archives/search/profox This message: http://leafe.com/archives/byMID/profox/[email protected] ** All postings, unless explicitly stated otherwise, are the opinions of the author, and do not constitute legal or medical advice. This statement is added to the messages for those lawyers who are too stupid to see the obvious.
