It does make a difference in certain cases. For a 2MB binary to be trivial it assumes that (1) you are in a developed country (2) you are using a landline internet connection and not going through your cell-phone company, although this gap is closing fast.<br>
<br>I feel this India whenever I visit India.  Most people buy into a data option through their cell phones and the available bandwidth is about an order of magnitude *below* DSL. So that&#39;s one case where 15KB vs. 2MB is a big deal.<br>
<br>-deech<br><br><div class="gmail_quote">On Thu, Aug 26, 2010 at 10:50 AM, Andrew Coppin <span dir="ltr">&lt;<a href="mailto:andrewcoppin@btinternet.com">andrewcoppin@btinternet.com</a>&gt;</span> wrote:<br><blockquote class="gmail_quote" style="margin: 0pt 0pt 0pt 0.8ex; border-left: 1px solid rgb(204, 204, 204); padding-left: 1ex;">
<div class="im">David Leimbach wrote:<br>
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It&#39;s quite practical.  People are obsessed with shared library support but I can not for the life of me figure out why.<br>
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Maybe because a simple Hello World program in Haskell becomes about 2MB when compiled? (The equivilent C program ends up being 15KB or something, which is just a tad smaller.)<div><div></div><div class="h5"><br>
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