On Sep 20, 2009, at 7:30 PM, Brian Mastenbrook wrote: > I think it's mistaken to conclude that because RAM is growing, space > efficiency is unimportant - just as much as it's mistaken to say > that because CPU speeds are growing, native compilers are obsolete > now.
I presume you meant "optimizing compilers". > Many people would rather use the available RAM to increase the > amount of data their program can process, not to waste it on space- > inefficient representations. Of course there are tradeoffs. You can use any good compression scheme (you're by no means limited to utf-8) to make some representation more space-efficient and less time-efficient. You have to take common usage into account when choosing a representation. Special (uncommon) requirements may need custom solutions, and I can't argue against that. Aziz,,, _______________________________________________ r6rs-discuss mailing list [email protected] http://lists.r6rs.org/cgi-bin/mailman/listinfo/r6rs-discuss
