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Mitchell Hashimoto announces significant memory usage improvements in the upcoming 1.4 release of the Ghostty terminal emulator, with up to 450x lower memory for non-visible windows.
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期待一下
Mitchell Hashimoto (@mitchellh): The Ghostty memory usage memes are dead with the upcoming 1.4 release, much to the dismay of internet trolls everywhere. ~10x less memory for a visible window. ~450x lower for a non-visible window. Very reasonable compared to other terminals with 10 tabs.
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