> > From: Mike Smith <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
> Mike Smith wrote:
> > gzipped binaries are actually a terrible idea; they actually *waste*
> > space in most cases.
>
> Suprising, They saved space for a 200M disc in a 486 laptop with 3.[2,3,or4],
No, that's the one case where they help. But people aren't trying to
squeeze whole systems into small disks anymore; they're trying to run
cut-down systems in tiny spaces (where the fact that you have to unpack
the entire binary into memory hurts), or disk space is so cheap that the
speed/swap hit is the only impacting factor.
Typically, the loss of the ability to demand-page from a gzipped
executable is a worse detracting factor than the space saving makes up
for.
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rivals and unfortunately opponents also. But not because people want
to be opponents, rather because the tasks and relationships force
people to take different points of view. [Dr. Fritz Todt]
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