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<br><font size=2 face="sans-serif">On 26.05.2005 08:26:09 metacard-bounces wrote:<br>
>Shari wrote:<br>
>> Geez! And I thought my game was bloated!<br>
><br>
>Whenever I start to feel bad about bloat-creep I just do a Get Info on<br>
>any Apple app.<br>
><br>
>The theory with shared frameworks is that by putting the 80% of an<br>
>application that's generic into a common shared library, an app can be<br>
>made more efficient.<br>
><br>
>So what does this mean in real-world terms?<br>
><br>
>In OS 9 the Calculator app was 8k.<br>
>In OS X it's 3MB.<br>
><br>
>In OS 9 the DVD Player was 468k.<br>
>In OS X it's 13.8MB<br>
><br>
>In OS 9 iTunes was 3.9MB<br>
>In OS X it's 29.8MB<br>
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<br><font size=2 face="sans-serif">I have another view Richard,</font>
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<br><font size=2 face="sans-serif">NT4: 96KBs</font>
<br><font size=2 face="sans-serif">W2K3 calculator: 113KB</font>
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<br><font size=2 face="sans-serif">The finder + system in MacOS1.0 = 160KBs</font>
<br><font size=2 face="sans-serif">Windows 2003 Server install (Winnt alone) 1.8GBs ;0</font>
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<br><font size=2 face="sans-serif">By using a framework library, your applications are 90% smaller, </font>
<br><font size=2 face="sans-serif">and require 90% less support or development time but it does require</font>
<br><font size=2 face="sans-serif">a larger framework library and about twice the time to work out the</font>
<br><font size=2 face="sans-serif">library than it would for individual program features. On the other </font>
<br><font size=2 face="sans-serif">hand, by the time you re-use a feature, you've multiplied your efficiency</font>
<br><font size=2 face="sans-serif">times 2!!! It's the Art of OOP ;)</font>
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<br><font size=2 face="sans-serif">cheers</font>
<br><font size=2 face="sans-serif">Xavier</font>
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