@the_wub@mastodon.social @tokyo_0@mas.to Back in the 486DX2 / Pentium-1 days the main limit was available memory; swap space a band aid just so you could actually run software. Back in those days you actually had to terminate programs just to free up resources if you wanted to do something else. Even today I maintain the opinion, that programs should be developed with a mindset, that starting them should be nearly instantanuos. 1/