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From: melling@cs.psu.edu (Michael D Mellinger)
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Subject: Re: Peter, can you explain to the Amigoids (was: NeXT software size
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Date: 6 May 91 22:16:52 GMT
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In article <11866@uwm.edu> gblock@csd4.csd.uwm.edu (Gregory R Block) writes:

   okay, maybe this will be a little easier to understand.  A 500k
   program on your NeXT will be faster than a 2mb program on it, no?  So
   a 500k program on a 68040 3000 will be faster than a 2mb program on
   your NeXT.

No, they will run at the same speed, unless you get swapping but that
will depend on how much memory you have.  Once the working set is in
the computer, it doesn't swap until it needs a page that isn't in
memory.

   Write a simple "Hello, World" in C, and tell us the size.  That will
   tell us quite a bit, I think.


int main()
{
   printf("hello world.\n");
}

compiled with cc -s -object test.c

-rwxr-xr-x  1 melling  wheel       1236 May  6 18:11 a.out*


or as compiled normally.

compiled with cc -s test.c

-rwxr-xr-x  1 melling  wheel      16384 May  6 18:13 a.out*