Re: [MiNT] Compiling with gcc: ld eats all ram

[Evan Langlois <Evan@CoolRunningConcepts.com>]

On Thu, 2005-10-20 at 20:21 -0400, Lonny Pursell wrote:
> on 10/20/05 8:09 PM, Evan Langlois wrote:
> 
> > Considering my mail reader is currently using 166MB of memory, GCC isn't
> > all that much of a hog by comparison.
> 
> But that is not a mailer running on an Atari.  Bad comparison.
> aMail uses about 1mb.

And will running it on an Atari make it use more or less RAM?  NO!
I can grab a copy of pine or elm and it will use even less RAM, but THAT
would be a bad comparison.  I'm making a comparison with what is
considered acceptable use for full-featured software by todays
standards.  Yes, its sad that a mailer uses 150MB, but thats the way it
is.

While GCC may use more RAM than your mailer, its ported from a system
where a mailer is 166MB.  THAT is a perfectly valid comparison.  If you
want to use modern day, full-featured software like GCC, expect modern
day memory requirements.  Thats 150MB for reading mail.

The comparison is completely valid.  It would be *invalid* to compare
PureC or Sozobon C to my mailer software, but not GCC.  GCC is native to
GNU systems, not Atari.  Compare your 1MB mail reader to Atari native
mail readers.

GCC isn't bloated or a hog.  *YOU* are doing the invalid comparison by
comparing it to Atari software whos hardware and software technologies
are nearing the 20 yr old mark.

-- Evan