[plt-scheme] DrScheme on computers with limited RAM

I should have mentioned that this is a student who qualifies for free
lunch, so I don't want to suggest the extra RAM option unless there's no
cheaper way to do it.

Todd

On Fri, 2007-09-07 at 14:06 -0400, Matthew Jadud wrote:
> Hi Todd,
> 
> I don't know how hard things are for your student (financially), but
> RAM for PCs is pretty cheap.
> 
> http://www.pricewatch.com/memory/
> 
> $30-60 will probably put 512MB of RAM into their PC (unless its a
> laptop), which seems to me to be a reasonably priced solution to
> making their whole machine worlds more usable.
> 
> Anyway. That may seem like a trollish response in a way, but I thought
> I'd mention it just the same.
> 
> Cheers,
> M
> 
> 
> On 9/7/07, Todd O'Bryan <toddobryan at mac.com> wrote:
> > I have a student who only has 128MB of RAM on his home machine and he
> > says that DrScheme (not surprisingly) dies pretty often.
> >
> > Is there anything he could do to use less memory?
> >
> > Todd
> >
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