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Why, what's wrong with 172MB calculator app?

• bagels 2y ago
  Whatever is in the extra 150MB. Ads, spyware, bloat, slow performance.
  • kragen 2y ago
    i would say 'whatever is in the extra 171.97 megabytes' i wrote a calculator app including its own implementation of decimal floating point and it's still only 20 kilobytes
    • consteval 2y ago
      Depends a lot on the implementation. If you're dynamically linking to system objects and you're assuming the presence of X, you're chilling. If you're using Rust and you have to compile in the whole world, probably not gonna be that small.
    • internetter 2y ago
      1. I doubt this includes GUI 2. The Qalculate CLI is 2mb, so perhaps your 20kb calculator could add some features while still being a 100% pure calculator
      • kragen 2y ago
        yeah, the 20-kilobyte calculator runs as an x-windows application, but it doesn't have any buttons or anything; it's keyboard-driven. the 'gui' is https://gitlab.com/kragen/bubbleos/blob/master/yeso/yesocalc.c https://gitlab.com/kragen/bubbleos/blob/master/yeso/yesocalc...
• oneplane 2y ago
  A calculator app doesn't need that many megabytes of code and assets to be a calculator app. So if an app is way bigger than it should be, it usually means one of two things (usually!): 1. The app was not very optimised, perhaps created by a novice, containing a lot of things it doesn't need. 2. The app used to be really small, but a lot of extra code was added to serve you ads, profile you for better targeting or do sneaky stuff you didn't ask for.
• mdp2021 2y ago
  If a trip to the baker took 172 days, there would be over 171 used days to justify; if it took 172 engineers to change a lightbulb, it would have to be a very special lightbulb or explanations should be in order. Besides uses of concern of the extra resources spent, it simply just makes no sense.
• nixass 2y ago
  People here are vaccinated against sarcasm it seems
  • mdp2021 2y ago
    People arrived to this shore after having experienced that what they considered unbelievable and untenable is actually believed and held by some - who may not even seem to be particularly an uncommon tail of an emerging population. And this is why a good '/S' keeps you safe from misunderstanding.
    • sadeshmukh 2y ago
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• camel-cdr 2y ago
  Nothing, but it better have a fully featured computer algebra system baked in.
  • userbinator 2y ago
    Early versions of Mathematica were only a few dozen MB and certainly have more functionality than probably most calculator apps you can find that are much bigger.
• nuancebydefault 2y ago
  I would add an /i to keep your karma happy