Subject: Re: size of executables? From: Erik Naggum <erik@naggum.net> Date: Mon, 17 Sep 2001 17:49:31 GMT Newsgroups: comp.lang.lisp Message-ID: <3209737770650637@naggum.net> * Aleksandr Skobelev <2269@mail.ru> > Where have I wrote about disk space? Please do not be coy with me. The way you have defined standalone executable is definitely a disk-space argument. > By the way, I don't understand why my wish of Lisp system can generate > small applications is so horrible? Look, I have already told you it is not, in fact, that it is a good thing for certain limited purposes. Please pay attention to what I say if you wish to talk with me. I am _trying_ to be patient with you, but you are turning out to be very, very annoying and persistent in repeating things that have been refuted by several people. Why are you doing this? My "USENET troll" sensor is peaking. > You have missed my point here. I argue that some qualities of CL > realizations won't allowed me to start using it on my work very soon. My argument is that those are not some qualities of CL, but some of _your_ qualities in interaction with some of the qualities of CL. You seem very persistent in ignoring your own background and argue as if you have some very fixed ideas about what is right and wrong. One of the best things about Common Lisp is that we learn the meaning and importance of tradeoffs in a much deeper and more profound way than any other language. Common Lisp people have to pay for their features. ("Pay" and "buy" do not necessarily refer to money, but to any resource.) Some other languages give you no choice, so it works just like taxation. > I would prefer that CL environment has been preinstalled on any platform. :) Well, this silly response may actually be the core of your problems. You have to deal with reality as it exists. Asking people to deal with you in terms of your dreams is not at all inspiring to anybody but yourself. ///