desnoyer@apple.com (Peter Desnoyers) (09/30/89)
One tack you might try to reduce network load in a Mac lab -
Instead of using an environment such as MPW where you load the compiler
every time you do a compile, look for an integrated programming
environment that loads the compiler into memory along with the editor and
everything else. (like the Turbo C integrated environment on the PC) That
way you only do one big net transaction when a student starts working,
instead of once for every recompile. I don't know if such a package exists
- I have only used MPW.
This can be looked at as a more general tradeoff - is the extra memory to
keep everything the student needs running under Multifinder cheaper than
the network and server capacity needed with less memory?
Peter Desnoyers
Apple ATG
(408) 974-4469