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Re: OT: Why is C so popular?



On Fri, Aug 29, 2003 at 01:34:14AM -0700, Paul Johnson wrote:
> On Thu, Aug 28, 2003 at 08:06:22PM +0100, Colin Watson wrote:
> > Starting up KDE applications outside KDE (often?) requires starting up a
> > number of random daemons which are normally running if you use KDE for
> > everything.
> 
> Better than each program reimplimenting the world.  If you have more
> than one KDE program running, you save on a lot of resources since
> every program after the first is halfway there before you start it.

I didn't express a value judgement on it; I was just explaining to Ron
why it takes longer to start up KDE programs outside KDE.

-- 
Colin Watson                                  [cjwatson@flatline.org.uk]



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