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From: gblock@csd4.csd.uwm.edu (Gregory R Block)
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Subject: Re: Peter, can you explain to the Amigoids (was: NeXT software size
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From article <*05Gx0x&1@cs.psu.edu>, by melling@cs.psu.edu (Michael D Mellinger):
> 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.

Okay, I'll try again, because you're just not seeing what I see.  Any
given processor can only run so many instructions per second, right?
Right.  So if there are lots more instructions to run, it will be
slower, right?  Right.

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

That does tell me quite a bit.  16k to simply say "Hello, World".  Oh,
boy.  That's advanced.  Even the A3000UX compiles it at something like
1100 bytes.  Maybe your programs could be a little slimmer.  Or maybe
it's just the NeXT problem in your list of many.

BTW, a c-compiled "Hello World" on the amiga runs about 150 bytes.
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