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25 MB almost fits on a floppy disk! That's acceptable to avoid dynamic linking or external dependencies. And that 25 MB is a fixed-cost (a JVM-subset, libraries
by msgilligan 8y ago
25 MB almost fits on a floppy disk! That's acceptable to avoid dynamic linking or external dependencies. And that 25 MB is a fixed-cost (a JVM-subset, libraries, etc) and as the app adds functionality the fixed 25 MB cost becomes less as a percentage.
It's not viable for built-in Linux tools, etc. But for a custom tool where performance matters, it's a great solution.
- nikanj 8y agoA floppy is 1.44MB, so off by more than an order of magnitude
- msgilligan 8y agoI was being a little silly, but there are "floppies" with capacity up to 240 MB: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Floppy_disk#Sizes,_performance_and_capacity https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Floppy_disk#Sizes,_performance...