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One day, Tuesday June 29, 1999 22:58, Max Shashkin wrote Artur Ishmurzin:

AI>> you want to say that having 512K of memory a person should jump with
AI>> the joy of using some thread of a large-scale program that was crammed into 128K, and
AI>> enjoy the mass swaps? I’m not saying that this is the ultimate truth, but you must agree, this is wrong....
MS> No, I wanted to say that if you have normal hands, you can
MS> keep within 128K, but if the program is really large-scale,
MS> then it should work on all computers, the best option
MS> is if it works even at 48K, but naturally with
MS> support and more memory. An example of such a smart program
MS> can be the well-known magazine "Oberon" in which such a
MS> engine has been running from the very first issue to this day.

I absolutely and completely agree with this. and an example of a large-scale (but extremely crooked) program is the Pink Floyd OS.

With best wishes, Artur. [ZX]

MS> then it should work on all computers, the best option is
MS> if it works even at 48K, but naturally with
MS> support and more memory. An example of such a smart program
MS> is the well-known magazine "Oberon"