User blog comment:Dr. Satl, M.D./Petit Computer 3 Update?/@comment-14600979-20130928232156/@comment-67.174.52.70-20130929180016

The 999, 999 lines of code is farfetched because if it retains the 100 characters per line, then it would require almost 100MB of RAM to hold it. V2 uses only about 1MB. The 3DS has 128MB of RAM, but 32MB is for the OS.

The 10x faster comment isn't nearly as farfetched. I base this on two aspects of the DS/i. First is that the CPU can only operate at the full 66/133Mhz when accessing the cache. Anywhers else drops it by half. The second is RAM glitch, where if reading non sequentially, it tacks on an additional 3 cycles to the 1 it usually takes, effectively dropping the CPU by almost a quarter. So, the combination of the two would in worst case drop the 66/133 to just about 8/16Mhz. Don't forget that the 3DS has a better CPU, not just clock speed, but also capabilities, as well as very efficient RAM