From: Paul Prescod <paulp@...>
Date: 2001-11-01T14:28:49+09:00
Subject: [ruby-talk:24053] Re: I want a *really* small Ruby interpreter

"Hal E. Fulton" wrote:
> 
>...
> 
> Sounds a lot like the HP200LX palmtop to me. Mine is six years
> old, but I still use it (haven't joined the Palm generation just yet).
> 
> It's a DOS 6.0 platform. I think it can handle larger programs,
> but naturally you want to conserve space. Mine is limited to
> 10 megs.

10 megs is miles different than the"tiny" memory model:

Table 7-1 Choosing a real mode memory model 
If code is...	and data is...	Use this model...
under 64KB	under 64KB	Small (-ms) or Tiny (-mt) 
over 64KB	under 64KB	Medium (-mm) 
under 64KB	over 64KB	Compact (-mc) 
over 64KB	over 64KB	Large (-ml) 

You can fit 156 64KB interpreters in 10MB.

 Paul Prescod