> Date: Mon, 18 Oct 2010 08:28:15 +0200 > From: Fernando_Apesteguia <fernando.apesteg...@gmail.com> > Subject: Re: libxul compilation problem > > > I still refuse to think 1GB is low ;) though I could be wrong.
One gig of RAM is not the problem. 1.25 gig total of VM _is_. I have some stuff I run on an *OLD* (next year it will be old enough to vote :) 80486 box with only 96 megs or actual RAM, but 2gig of VM. "Compiling" is a complicated process, all the more so with the features that have been added to the languages over the years. *and* the need to support multiple character sets, -especially- those that don't fit in an 8-bit enumerationn. these tHings, along with improvements in code optimization techniques, have combined to radically increae the footprint that a language compiler requires these days. Factor in the increasing size of the applicaiton modules themselves, and it should be -no- surprise that compilation of an app of significant complexity has a large memory footprint. I've got a FBSD 7.2 box that shows 80 megs of 'actively used' VM with the basic system services running. I've got a -dinosaur- running a *BSD releae from th prior century, running a the same stuff, -plus- a webserver, in only 16 megs of active memory. 'code bloat' is a fact of life. _______________________________________________ freebsd-questions@freebsd.org mailing list http://lists.freebsd.org/mailman/listinfo/freebsd-questions To unsubscribe, send any mail to "freebsd-questions-unsubscr...@freebsd.org"
