Re: Questions about malloc and free and memory models

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From: Stephen Groundwater
Date: Mon, 07 Sep 1992 19:59

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In a previous article, beders@wip-sol.dfki.uni-sb.de (Jochen Bedersdorfer) says:

>
>Huhu,
>
>NO, DON`T TRY TO UNDERSTAND OR EVEN GET IN CONTACT WITH SEGMENT CONFLICTS.
>Ever heard about a 32-bit flat memory model ?
>There You have no problem with memory models, near, far or even
>huge pointer. You can malloc as much memory as you want.
>Try to get OS/2, gcc (the GNU C Compiler) for OS/2 and
>IBM Toolkit and you would be VERY happy.
>
>Lately I converted a program that runs in compact model
>to flat model and I could delete very much stuff about
>pointers and segmentation verification.
>And it runs MUCH faster...
>
>SO GO BUY OS/2 !
>
>Greetings, :)ochen
>--
>
You still got Segments in OS/2 it's just weel disguised, you're going to
run out of memory eventually with only a paltry 4GB to access, and then 
you'll have to relearn about sectors/selectors again. You think 4Gb is
a lot today, but in a few years you'll be gasping for breath, and
generally suffering from claustrophobia in such a small space.
Get NT, on a MIPS or Alpha you can access exo-bytes!

Steve

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Subject: Re: Questions about malloc and free and memory models
Date: 7 Sep 1992 19:59:28 GMT
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