Re: RFC 146 (v1) Remove socket functions from core

[Dan Sugalski]

At 01:04 PM 8/30/00 -0500, David L. Nicol wrote:
>Nick Ing-Simmons wrote:
> >
> > David L . Nicol <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> writes:
>
> > >"overlay" is reminiscent of old IBM machines swapping parts of the
> > >program out because there isn't enough core.
> >
> > Which is exactly why I chose it - the places these things makes sense are
> > on little machines where memory is a premium.
> >
> > our add-ons are going to be loaded on need
> > by the parent and only depend on the parent.
>
>
>Oh, and then they will be unloaded if we need the space for something
>else.  I understand now, thanks.

Well, probably not, though that could be reasonable for a particular 
platform. It's only relevant for a persistent interpreter anyway--for ones 
fired up fresh it doesn't matter, since they won't have anything loaded to 
start.

                                        Dan

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