Re: [MiNT] desktop from components (was Re: [2] Thing bug - is Gryf listening)

[Frank Naumann <fnaumann@mail.CS.Uni-Magdeburg.De>]

Hello!

> A new desktop based on components is a great idea. However:

I disaggree in some points.

> 2) it would require a lot of RAM (no shared libc)

No, it save RAM as the tools under /bin are executed on demand and only
run a short time.

> 4) there would not be the usual progress bar indication for lengthty cp
> operations

Oh, read the manual more careful :-) You can easily use the output from
the -v option to implement a status bar.

> 5) memory fragmentation would kill it soon

No, memory management perform better for small blocks that are
allocated/deallocated often. Memory fragment due to long time allocated
blocks.

> I think that a MiNT with proper virtual memory and shared MiNTlib
> (recompiled all prgs in /bin/) would be required for this to work
> efficiently.

I see more a problem for the fork() and exec() calls, they are naturally
expensive system calls.


Tschuess
   ...Frank

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