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Article #5458Re: Files larger than available memory.
From: Neil Weinstock
Date: Tue, 25 Sep 1990 15:22
Date: Tue, 25 Sep 1990 15:22
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In article <1990Sep23.174736.16118@lavaca.uh.edu>, jet@karazm.math.uh.edu (J. Eric Townsend) writes:
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> The "problem" here is that disk speed affects text scrolling and searching
> speed. If you "^F" (page forward in vi), then the next page has to
> be read from disk and then updated from the in-memory list of changes
> to that page (if any changes exist).
Of course, virtual memory is no different in this regard...
- Neil
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