On Thu, Nov 23, 2006 at 09:16:15AM -0800, Thomas Bushnell BSG wrote: > On Thu, 2006-11-23 at 13:43 +0200, Jari Aalto wrote: > > > > Bash is not essential for running Debian. It is possible to run old > > PCs and old laptops completely free of bash. The point here is not the > > disk consumption, but the reduced memory constrainsts. When scripts > > are written with only "sh" in mind, they become portable to even > > embedded systems (think busybox). Every bash-dependent scipt that runs > > on the system, takes memory out from other processes. > > What about "perl". Is that essential? Why are you not going for big > targets? > > Education sector and 3rd world still have PCs that are *years* and > > *tears* old. Everybody do not live in countries where computers or > > hardware are cheap. > > Guess what? I used bash on that old hardware when it was shiny and new > also. Didn't seem to have any problems.
Somehow I doubt that you used today's version of bash (which I bet is a lot bigger and more memory-consuming due to new features). Regards: David -- /) David Weinehall <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> /) Rime on my window (\ // ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~ // Diamond-white roses of fire // \) http://www.acc.umu.se/~tao/ (/ Beautiful hoar-frost (/ -- To UNSUBSCRIBE, email to [EMAIL PROTECTED] with a subject of "unsubscribe". Trouble? Contact [EMAIL PROTECTED]
