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Date: Fri, 9 Oct 1998 18:03:45 -0700 (PDT)
From: David Brownlee <abs@anim.dreamworks.com>
To: Hubert Feyrer <feyrer@rfhs8012.fh-regensburg.de>
cc: netbsd-advocacy@NetBSD.ORG
Subject: Re: News...
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	Note the use of 'basic' there :) Plus I was more implying
	development _in_ rather than development _of_ :)

	I think most people would be prepared to use a somewhat lighter
	editor when working on a machine that can just about fit in their
	pocket :)

		David/absolute

         -=- They took away my irony, but they left my deceit  -=-

On Fri, 9 Oct 1998, Hubert Feyrer wrote:

> 
> On Thu, 8 Oct 1998, David Brownlee wrote:
> > 	Seriously, if you were prepared to have a single root/usr, and
> > 	make _everything_ shared, I think you could get a basic little C
> > 	and perl development system up in the 32MB flash.
> 
> really?
> 
> delphi% du -sk /soft/perl-5.005.02
> 193760  /soft/perl-5.005.02
> delphi% du -sk /soft/gcc-2.8.1
> 155440  /soft/gcc-2.8.1
> 
> (Do the same for your favourite editor... hint: mine will hit with 70 MB
> tbere... and NO, it's NOT WinWord 8-)
> 
> 
>  - Hubert
> 
> -- 
> Hubert Feyrer <hubert.feyrer@rz.uni-regensburg.de>
>