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In article <62828@linus.UUCP> rachamp@mbunix (Champeaux) writes:

>Now there's a point to debate.  Do you really need memory protection on a
>single user multi-tasking computer.  On a multi-user computer, memory
>protection is a necessity, since if one user's program crashes, you don't
>want to bring down the 50 other users.  On a personal computer, where cost
>is an important factor, is it really necessary?  (kind of sounds like the
>question "Is multi-tasking really necessary?" doesn't it?)
>It would, however, be really nice.

>Rich Champeaux  (rachamp@mbunix.mitre.org)

I don't see why it should cost more than about $20 to implement a
reasonable memory management scheme on a personal computer like the
Atari ST or the Amiga.  It would be real nice to have, especially for
software developers.  This kind of personal computer really doesn't
need it though.  I seem to crash each computer equally as often when
writing code for them.  It takes longer to reboot the Amiga though.
Another advantage to a reasonably implemented memory
protection/management scheme is that the code to relocate executables
before they ran could be eliminated.

								Rex.



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