[anonymousiam]

So basically, before any of the code even runs, this environment begins by gobbling up more than the total RAM that most of my first computers had (SYM-1, IAMSAI-8080, Ferguson Big Board, Kaypro II, and CCS S-100 Z-80). All of these systems were 8-bit, with various RAM sizes from 8KB to 64KB. That was the maximum RAM available, and it was shared by the OS and the applications.

[surajrmal]

What's the purpose of making such a comparison? The implication is that we're being wasteful, but I'm not certain that's the point you're trying to make.

[anonymousiam]

That was close to my point. RAM prices are up 400% over last year. I know that 72KB seems like a pittance today, but any waste is bad -- especially in embedded environments.

I'm not really even saying this is wasteful. Maybe a static allocation would make more sense for critical exception handling code...

[surajrmal]

Luckily no one is enabling c++ exceptions in embedded environments where ram usage at this level matters.