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From: dorner@pequod.cso.uiuc.edu (Steve Dorner)
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Subject: Re: Help with SIZE resource
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Date: 14 Mar 91 14:10:27 GMT
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In article <0B010004.51uxla@outpost.UUCP> peirce@outpost.UUCP writes:
>You should also read what Apple has to say about SIZE resources in the
>tech notes.

Apple has said some pretty wild things about the SIZE resource.

  The minimum size should be chosen such that the application would
  never "system error" if required to run in this amount of memory.
  Some application writers may choose to specify as minimum the amount
  of memory required merely to bring up an "I don't have enough memory"
  dialog.  Others may choose to use the minimum useful amount of memory
  here.
  
  The preferred size should be chosen to allow the application to perform
  90% of its function without problems.  On the other hand, it shouldn't
  be too greedy.  Remember that in the MultiFinder environment that
  applications are sharing the machine with one another, and an application
  with a 1024K preferred size is likely to be viewed with contempt
  by users and other application writers alike.

Taken from "Are You Multifinder Friendly?", written August, 1987 (but
purchased much later than that).  My, how times (but not necessarily Apple
documentation) have changed.

I'm not even sure this was good advice when it was written.  Enough memory
to put up a "not enough memory" alert?  90% functionality?
--
Steve Dorner, U of Illinois Computing Services Office
Internet: s-dorner@uiuc.edu  UUCP: uunet!uiucuxc!uiuc.edu!s-dorner