Someone has said "Premature optimization is the root of all evil" or something like that. So I try not worry about stuff like this until I have to. My time and user's time is much more expensive than effort on the computer's part, so at some point, good enough really is good enough.

The other answer is "Try it and see". WIth Linux or *BSD, most folks can afford at least a minimal developement environment - and if you're looking for things that cause you to hit limits, small can actaully be better. Start a couple dozen processes doing what you propose and watch the machine in top or vmstat or some such.

--Bob Niederman, http://bob-n.com

In reply to Re: Memory /speed questions by bobn
in thread Memory /speed questions by sulfericacid

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