On Wed, Dec 10, 2008 at 8:44 AM, mabshoff <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > >> A Sage build is over a gigabyte, involves well over 5 million lines of >> code, and is probably bigger than any other single math software >> system in the world. And amazingly we're doing fine size-wise. I >> think we can handle a few more hundreds of pages of hand-written >> Python code. > > Yes, the secret goal here is world domination after all ;) > > But I think Moore's law will protect us from ever growing faster in > relative terms than the computer's average ability. Just compare the > size of recent Sage releases and you will see that the average growth > rate of the tarball is slowing down. And if we ever reach a colossal > size that makes development cease or significantly slow down we can > always consider creating a smaller core of Sage for those who want it. >
We can also do an "audit" and cut out bits that aren't used or needed anymore. e.g., quaddouble. -- William --~--~---------~--~----~------------~-------~--~----~ To post to this group, send email to sage-support@googlegroups.com To unsubscribe from this group, send email to [EMAIL PROTECTED] For more options, visit this group at http://groups.google.com/group/sage-support URLs: http://www.sagemath.org -~----------~----~----~----~------~----~------~--~---
