Frode Tenneboe wrote... > > Striped and compiled with -O2? It's compiled with -O2, but not sure if it's stripped. The compressed version (with gzip -9) is 334852.
> I've just heard about an Ultrix kernels < 256Kb. The MACH kernel is even smaller than that, but it doesn't _do_ very much on it's own. > And don't forget that's compiled C. You _will_ get a smaller kernel > if written in assembly..if feasable these days. Should be feasible. Best thing to do would be to get a Z80 targetted GCC, compile to assembly, then hand that over to our resident bit-twiddlers. You get all the hard work done, but you can still human-tweak the code. > > I suffered this for exactly 3 days before I went to buy more memory. Mind > > you, the X server that comes with linux could probably be trimmed a bit... > > Ehm..it's based on FreeX86 you know.... Yes, and? > Let me see...the last time I did anything in FORTH (7 years - but I guess > there will never be an object FORTH? :), it was horrid with all the You can get object oriented FORTH. I think TILE-FORTH (AFAIK it's the official GNU forth) supports object orientation. I'm not sure _how_ because I've kept a safe distance from OOP -- until yesterday :( Rob
