From mboxrd@z Thu Jan 1 00:00:00 1970 X-Spam-Checker-Version: SpamAssassin 3.4.4 (2020-01-24) on polar.synack.me X-Spam-Level: X-Spam-Status: No, score=-1.9 required=5.0 tests=BAYES_00 autolearn=ham autolearn_force=no version=3.4.4 X-Google-Language: ENGLISH,ASCII-7-bit X-Google-Thread: 103376,9b30240b5a381bbf X-Google-Attributes: gid103376,public X-Google-ArrivalTime: 2002-08-25 21:43:06 PST Path: archiver1.google.com!news1.google.com!newsfeed.stanford.edu!logbridge.uoregon.edu!news.stealth.net!news.stealth.net!prodigy.com!newsmst01.news.prodigy.com!prodigy.com!postmaster.news.prodigy.com!newssvr14.news.prodigy.com.POSTED!3bae8248!not-for-mail From: tmoran@acm.org Newsgroups: comp.lang.ada Subject: Re: Ada 95 for an ARM-based bare board? References: <5ee5b646.0208251756.379529c5@posting.google.com> X-Newsreader: Tom's custom newsreader Message-ID: NNTP-Posting-Host: 67.115.105.155 X-Complaints-To: abuse@prodigy.net X-Trace: newssvr14.news.prodigy.com 1030336976 ST000 67.115.105.155 (Mon, 26 Aug 2002 00:42:56 EDT) NNTP-Posting-Date: Mon, 26 Aug 2002 00:42:56 EDT Organization: Prodigy Internet http://www.prodigy.com X-UserInfo1: SCSYQNONAJUMB_LY@BCBNWX@RJ_XPDLMN@GZ_GYO^RR@ETUCCNSKQFCY@TXDX_WHSVB]ZEJLSNY\^J[CUVSA_QLFC^RQHUPH[P[NRWCCMLSNPOD_ESALHUK@TDFUZHBLJ\XGKL^NXA\EVHSP[D_C^B_^JCX^W]CHBAX]POG@SSAZQ\LE[DCNMUPG_VSC@VJM Date: Mon, 26 Aug 2002 04:42:56 GMT Xref: archiver1.google.com comp.lang.ada:28404 Date: 2002-08-26T04:42:56+00:00 List-Id: > Let's suppose that everyone adds 10 lines and quotes everything before Let's suppose that everyone adds 10% to what they are quoting. Then the size of message N is 1.1**N * OP. > Let's suppose that everyone adds 10 lines and quotes everything before > So the size of messages grows only linearly Right. In that case new messages don't grow exponentially, but linearly. > But, by elementary summing of an arithmetic series, the total amount of space The reader of a message doesn't see the sum, but rather the latest individual message (unless he has a really strange mail reader). Only someone who saves all the traffic (Google, for instance) would see quadratic growth. Google's disk space is not usually what people are thinking about when they complain about long messages. An individual saving old messages would probably be smart enough, in the case of complete quoting, to just save the latest, which contains all previous ones. In a more perfect world, everyone would quote, say, 2 lines for context, add a concise 3 line comment, and all messages would be a constant 5 lines.