[libc-alpha] Re: [open-source] Re: Wish for 2002

[Thomas Bushnell, BSG]

Linus Torvalds <torvalds@transmeta.com> writes:

> If you add functions eagerly because adding functions is "cheap" (like you
> claimed), then you WILL have a big footprint. And a big footprint is bad
> on small machines because it slows the whole machine down, both from a
> loading standpoint and a resource use (TLB, cache, memory etc) standpoint.

Right, but I'm inclined to think that a general-purpose glibc does not
really need to worry about desktop systems that cannot even be
purchased anymore.  

> No, it's the same issue. And it happens with _new_ hardware too. The
> palmtops of today are not actually all that different from the desktops of
> 5-10 years ago.

Sure, but why do we think that we should have one library for both?
I'm happy to say: very different computers, very different needs.