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A few days ago I wrote:
> 
> Firebird is useable on my P166 (64mb RAM), but it's
> a touch sluggish.  The designers hope to slim it
> down further, so perhaps the speed will improve.
> 
> I'll spend the next few weeks comparing Skipstone
> and Firebird.  A new version of Firebird is due in
> a few days, so I'll probably wait for that before
> making a final decision.

The new version of Firebird (0.6) came out today and
I've been running it for the last couple of hours.
Unfortunately it is bigger and slower than 0.5.  Lots
of new features make it even more sluggish than before.
Perhaps I should downgrade to 0.4 and see if that is
any faster?

Cheers,
Steven