> > 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 can tell that you have a lot of disc space... :) > > > 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. Hmm...the SAM-kernel is even smaller than that. ;) > > > 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. Have thought of that too. The question is, do we target it for a ordinary SAM (would still be possible) or the Accelrated SAM? > > > > 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? Depends on how you define 'trim' :) To make it portable, it has to be more or less generic meaning that you can probably trim for a set of graphics cards, but then it won't work on another set. > > > 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 :( I didn't know that.... -Frode...have to run..meeting.
