RE: bloat tolerance?
Just wanted to say hello to everyone. I have been following this _great_
mailing list for about 2 weeks now. You helped me get my ibook2.2 up and
running :D. Also wanted to thank Ben H for his excellent work.
Also, I think this question is very valid. At what point _do_ you draw the
line?
-ajay
> >> This is kind of a survey for PowerPC Linux users.
> >> Is it OK to make 32-bit PowerPC apps bigger and
> >> slower to allow for running them on IBM's 64-bit
> >> hardware? This would hurt everyone running Linux
> >> on a Mac..
>
> The point is, normal 32-bit systems are getting hurt
> because apps are being asked to support 64-bit kernels
> with the same binary.
>
> What do you think? Should the apps do this?
> If yes, then what if the cost was 40% bloat?
> What about 70% bloat? What if %CPU is 3x worse?
> At what point do you draw the line?
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