[Zope] Re: Zope on a Zaurus??

[David Mitchell]

> trying to do that and expecting to be productive with it seems to me,
> IMHO, more like an exercise in futility...

That's pretty much what I thought, but you never know - someone might have 
already done it...

>
> i own a zaurus myself and we have jested about zope on it a few times
> at work, but when you take the scant processor/memory-resources into
> account i don't think it's a good idea.

I'm not that concerned about performance - I've got an app I've been working 
on in my spare time, and I don't have enough spare time to have made progress 
at the rate I'd like.  I do, however, have more than an hour sitting on a 
train 5 days a week...

>
> another issue is the python on it. you have to make sure it has
> threading enabled, otherwise it's a no-go from the start.
>
> last but not least you have to somehow compile the C-extensions zope
> uses, probably with the help of a second machine that has the
> cross-compiler set up correctly.
>
> all in all i'd say too much pain for too little gain.

That's about what I thought - oh well.  Thanks for the reply Jens

Dave Mitchell