Re: Standalone executables (was Origin of IDL)

[Martin Schultz <martin.schultz(at)dkrz.de>]

David Fanning wrote:
> 
> [...] and the total cost can be arrived at
> only after careful consideration of all the variables.
> [...]

Here is the most recent price quote from the German
representative of RSI (Creaso):
  for each scalar variable (but not complex, pointer, or
object):   $ 0.02 
  for each complex
variable:                                        $ 0.04
  for each 1-dimensional array not exceeding 65K
elements:          $ 0.05
  for each 2+ dimensional array not exceeding 65K
elements:         $ 0.08
  for each variable with more than 65K
elements:                    $ 0.25
  for each pointer that gets freed
later:                           $ 0.01  (1)
  for each pointer that needs a
heap_gc:                            $ 2.80  (1)
  for each object:                                               
- $ 0.15  (2)

All prices are per license, there is a reduction of 15% if you
purchase more than 100 licenses. A base fee of $ 3.50 is added
for each program unit regardless of it's use of variables.

(1) please note that the data the pointer is pointing to must be
purchased seperately
(2) please note that the data stored in the object must be
purchased seperately

Regards,
Martin

PS: WARNING: This is a joke ! ;-)


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