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Re: lynx-dev lynx whith a special configuration
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Bela Lubkin |
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Re: lynx-dev lynx whith a special configuration |
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Sun, 1 Nov 1998 23:05:19 -0800 |
Leonid Pauzner wrote:
> We recommend using executable packers like gzexe instead,
"we"?
Executable packers like gzexe act *directly* *against* NHE's goals.
They are appropriate only for single-user systems. Even there, they
cause *more* memory to be used. They save only disk space.
On a multiuser system, like Unix, the executable code of a program that
is being run by multiple users is shared in memory. However, if you use
an executable packer, the code is stored as if it was data; processes
don't share it, and *much* more memory is consumed. Depending on the
implementation, disk space may also be consumed. For instance, *each*
simultaneous user may write an uncompressed executable image to disk,
run that, then delete it: so space is saved only while zero users are
running the program. As soon as one user is running it, space equal to
(compressed size + uncompressed size) is consumed; each additional user
consumes another (uncompressed size).
>Bela<
- Re: lynx-dev lynx whith a special configuration, Leonid Pauzner, 1998/11/01
- Re: lynx-dev lynx whith a special configuration, Leonid Pauzner, 1998/11/01
- Re: lynx-dev lynx whith a special configuration,
Bela Lubkin <=
- Re: lynx-dev lynx whith a special configuration, Nelson Henry Eric, 1998/11/01
- Re: lynx-dev lynx whith a special configuration, dickey, 1998/11/02
- Re: lynx-dev lynx whith a special configuration, Leonid Pauzner, 1998/11/02
- Re: lynx-dev lynx whith a special configuration, Leonid Pauzner, 1998/11/02