Re: Why are GNU products so BIG?

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From: Wen-Chun Ni
Date: Sat, 25 Apr 1992 15:47

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In article <1992Apr24.150745.5495@kronos.com> richb@kronos.com (Rich Braun) writes:
>On a typical Unix system which has 8 to 32M of memory, what's half a
>meg?  Even most new DOS applications require a good number of available
>megabytes.  Look no further than Microsoft Windows, the wave of the
>future...
>

But there are many output-specific codes (like Windows SDK lib code,
screen manipulation, etc) inside these applcations to make them so
big. Except Emacs, I can't see any special output-specific codes
in GNU distributions. Don't get me wrong, I like GNU programs and
is using them. Just think the analogy above is kinda inadequate.

Wen-Chun Ni

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