On Fri, 10 Mar 2000, Omer Zak wrote:
> However one of Mathan's highest priorities is a lightweight word
> processor.
Exactly! And C is much more heavyweight then Python <wink>.
Overhead of Python's library: 567K on my system (including everything
one has to distribute with embedded Python. This probably could be
trimmed down a bit, but not much). I truly think an extra 567K isn't
that much, even if one wants to have something lightweight. Note that
Tcl is probably lighter -- but in return, more of the editor would be
coded in C.
> Look, he doesn't even rely upon X libraries, using SVGAlib instead in his
> basic implementation.
This talks more about runtime overhead then distribution overhead: X
libraries could be linked in dynamically, and not take any place in the
distributed binary.
(Note: Any arguments about sources will be met with scorn. I truly doubt
that a *developer* (in contrast to a *user*) is bothered much by some
program sources consuming an extra meg or two)
--
Moshe Zadka <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>.
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