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IPython is huge: 15,5 Mo without any extras. Python is 150mo. Hard to justify that 10% of the lines of code, source of bugs and maintenance only go to the shel
by BiteCode_dev 2y ago
IPython is huge: 15,5 Mo without any extras.
Python is 150mo. Hard to justify that 10% of the lines of code, source of bugs and maintenance only go to the shell.
- somat 2y agoI am curious about your suffixes. I mean, I understand the post fine, but I have never seen the units (Mo, mo) before and am wondering where they came from. I would guess mo is megabytes(megaoctets?) and Mo is gigabytes(is ipython really 15GB? yikes)
- mimischi 2y agoLooks like it’s octets: https://en.m.wikipedia.org/wiki/Octet_(computing) https://en.m.wikipedia.org/wiki/Octet_(computing)
- Numerlor 2y agoI think I remember seeing something about MB=Mo in french, the casing is probably safe to ignore in the gp as ipython is definitely not 15gb
- BiteCode_dev 2y agoyeah sorry mb, french comming out
- wodenokoto 2y agoOT, but I love your newsletter! Didn’t notice your username until you wrote “French”
- BiteCode_dev 2y agoThat's lovely to hear. It's great hearing it in general, but given the HN community is picky, it feels even better.