[Oberon] Use of resources.

[Lars O]

Paul Reed wrote:
>> Did Wirth write something about refraining from use
>> of a resource merely because it is available?  I'm almost certain I read
>> it in something he wrote or in something biographical.  Haven't found it
>> with Google.
>
> Project Oberon, section 2.3:
> (https://www.inf.ethz.ch/personal/wirth/ProjectOberon/PO.System.pdf, p.19)
>
>
> "The high priority given in the system's conception to modularity, to
> avoiding unnecessary frills, and to concentrate on the indispensable in the
> core, has resulted in a system of remarkable compactness. Although this
> property may be regarded as of little importance in this era of falling
> costs of large memories, we consider it to be highly essential. We merely
> should like to draw the reader's attention to the correlation between a
> systems' size and its reliability. Also, we do not consider it as good
> engineering practice to consume a resource lavishly just because it
> happens to be cheap."

This is the exact opposite advice of what Java founders give. Java says
"consume as much memory as possible, as it's wasted memory if you aren't
using it".  Two completely different view points.

Personally, I'm a minimalist and disagree strongly with Java founders.
Bloatware is terrible.