From mboxrd@z Thu Jan 1 00:00:00 1970 Path: news.gmane.org!not-for-mail From: Nick Roberts Newsgroups: gmane.emacs.devel Subject: Re: PURESIZE increased (again) Date: Mon, 24 Apr 2006 11:06:04 +1200 Message-ID: <17484.2140.506653.693731@farnswood.snap.net.nz> References: <87lku5u6tx.fsf@pacem.orebokech.com> <200604212310.k3LNA3Jp018780@jane.dms.auburn.edu> <200604230159.k3N1xpBu021881@jane.dms.auburn.edu> <17482.63611.279099.670761@farnswood.snap.net.nz> NNTP-Posting-Host: main.gmane.org Mime-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: text/plain; charset=us-ascii Content-Transfer-Encoding: 7bit X-Trace: sea.gmane.org 1145833585 6992 80.91.229.2 (23 Apr 2006 23:06:25 GMT) X-Complaints-To: usenet@sea.gmane.org NNTP-Posting-Date: Sun, 23 Apr 2006 23:06:25 +0000 (UTC) Cc: emacs-devel@gnu.org Original-X-From: emacs-devel-bounces+ged-emacs-devel=m.gmane.org@gnu.org Mon Apr 24 01:06:21 2006 Return-path: Envelope-to: ged-emacs-devel@m.gmane.org Original-Received: from lists.gnu.org ([199.232.76.165]) by ciao.gmane.org with esmtp (Exim 4.43) id 1FXnem-0000tU-J6 for ged-emacs-devel@m.gmane.org; Mon, 24 Apr 2006 01:06:20 +0200 Original-Received: from localhost ([127.0.0.1] helo=lists.gnu.org) by lists.gnu.org with esmtp (Exim 4.43) id 1FXnem-0007ku-5u for ged-emacs-devel@m.gmane.org; Sun, 23 Apr 2006 19:06:20 -0400 Original-Received: from mailman by lists.gnu.org with tmda-scanned (Exim 4.43) id 1FXneZ-0007hh-1w for emacs-devel@gnu.org; Sun, 23 Apr 2006 19:06:07 -0400 Original-Received: from exim by lists.gnu.org with spam-scanned (Exim 4.43) id 1FXneX-0007gu-Da for emacs-devel@gnu.org; Sun, 23 Apr 2006 19:06:06 -0400 Original-Received: from [199.232.76.173] (helo=monty-python.gnu.org) by lists.gnu.org with esmtp (Exim 4.43) id 1FXneX-0007gr-AO for emacs-devel@gnu.org; Sun, 23 Apr 2006 19:06:05 -0400 Original-Received: from [202.37.101.8] (helo=viper.snap.net.nz) by monty-python.gnu.org with esmtp (Exim 4.52) id 1FXngZ-0002EX-RU; Sun, 23 Apr 2006 19:08:12 -0400 Original-Received: from farnswood.snap.net.nz (p202-124-114-233.snap.net.nz [202.124.114.233]) by viper.snap.net.nz (Postfix) with ESMTP id CC6917544EF; Mon, 24 Apr 2006 11:05:58 +1200 (NZST) Original-Received: by farnswood.snap.net.nz (Postfix, from userid 500) id 6A5A662A99; Mon, 24 Apr 2006 00:06:05 +0100 (BST) Original-To: rms@gnu.org In-Reply-To: X-Mailer: VM 7.19 under Emacs 22.0.50.40 X-BeenThere: emacs-devel@gnu.org X-Mailman-Version: 2.1.5 Precedence: list List-Id: "Emacs development discussions." List-Unsubscribe: , List-Archive: List-Post: List-Help: List-Subscribe: , Original-Sender: emacs-devel-bounces+ged-emacs-devel=m.gmane.org@gnu.org Errors-To: emacs-devel-bounces+ged-emacs-devel=m.gmane.org@gnu.org Xref: news.gmane.org gmane.emacs.devel:53294 Archived-At: > But given the RAM doubles every 18-24 months, increasing by only 13 > percent a year means Emacs is becoming progressively easier to run. > > Indeed, Emacs is now not particularly large, nor particularly slow to > start up. A program using a mere Eight Megabytes is no longer > Constantly Swapping. That quote is from another (more witty) Nick Roberts, although I wish I could take credit for it. But you're right, it's no longer appropriate and a new one is needed. Now if can only be the one to think of it... -- Nick http://www.inet.net.nz/~nickrob