On Mon, May 25, 2009 at 6:41 AM, Abdulaziz Ghuloum <[email protected]> wrote: > I don't think ikarus (or any software really) should > be writing stuff to your file system without you explicitly giving > permission...
As a means for providing "quality of service", VIM writes a tmp file. Its intention is not malicious it just wants to fulfill its duty. Having Ikarus write compiled libs will make it run faster; thus fulfiling its duty. > For example, I get > many libraries for testing purposes, and if every time I use one > such library, it gets compiled and cached indefinitely, I *think* > that would be a serious problem. A problem because hard disks are too small? ;) Or because it violates some ethics? Grant
