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I can't imagine XCode could run in the RAM available on an iPad — maybe rework it to do the heavy lifting in the cloud?

• saagarjha 8y ago
  iPad Pro has 4 GB of RAM. There are Macs with that much RAM that can run Xcode.
  • metafizikal 8y ago
    But iOS doesn't have a concept of swap like a traditional PC OS like macOS or Windows does, does it?
    • saagarjha 8y ago
      No, but iOS can kill apps in the background during times of high memory pressure.
      • rhacker 8y ago
        So it can run xcode for about 4 seconds until the OS decides to kill it?
        • saagarjha 8y ago
          > in the background
          • rhacker 8y ago
            So when you debug your app?
            • saagarjha 8y ago
              Killing Xcode would also end your debug session. Presumably Apple will think that far ahead and grant the necessary entitlements so that this doesn't happen.
    • Ivoah 8y ago
      iOS still runs the darwin kernel. I'd be shocked if it didn't use swap.
      • saagarjha 8y ago
        It doesn't, I believe mostly for reasons of keeping apps from using large amounts of memory in general, and by helping keep write cycles to a minimum.
        • glhaynes 8y ago
          I've always figured it had most to do with keeping responsiveness high and predictable.
    • bunnycorn 8y ago
      Correct, it kills apps before they swap.
  • jbigelow76 8y ago
    The 1TB configs have 6 GB of RAM making it even less of leap to assume they can do it soon.
• kitsunesoba 8y ago
  It would be very unlike Apple to lean on cloud tech for this kind of thing. iPads won’t run Xcode until they have sufficient specs to do so on their own.