Re: Ask yourself these before you choosing a 32bit OS...

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From: Nevin ":-]" Liber
Date: Tue, 26 Sep 1995 15:26

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In article <446t5tINNm08@keats.ugrad.cs.ubc.ca>, c2a192@ugrad.cs.ubc.ca
(Kazimir Kylheku) wrote:

> In article <nevin-2509950148140001@mac-nevin.cs.arizona.edu>,
> Nevin ":-]" Liber <nevin@CS.Arizona.EDU> wrote:

> If the heap isn't fragmented, the choices are reduced to 1 and 3.
> In multitasking systems, there is a choice 0: wait for other programs
> to free memory, possibly with exceptions, timeouts or some other method
> to prevent deadlocks and indefinite suspension.

That assumes that all applications share a global heap, which they don't
(because that causes a heck of a lot more other problems).  You really
ought to learn a bit more about the Macintosh before you post these
pathetic attempts to criticize it.

> As a Mac user, you surely must prefer the unwritten choice 4: crash and
> burn! Unsaved files and unwritten buffers be damned! 

You mean like when elm, gcc, gdb, trn, etc. core dump?  Oh wait, that is Unix.
-- 
        Nevin ":-)" Liber       nevin@CS.Arizona.EDU    (520) 293-2799

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Subject: Re: Ask yourself these before you choosing a 32bit OS...
Date: Tue, 26 Sep 1995 08:26:27 -0700
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